Nandi Hills, the famous tourism destination located about 60 km from Bengaluru city, is set to get an additional attraction as the State Cabinet on Friday gave green signal for development and operation of passenger ropeway.
The project will be undertaken at a cost of ₹93.4 crore under PPP model on Design-Build-Finance-Operate-Transfer basis. The ropeway will be 2.93 km long and will have 18 towers. It will take 28 minutes to complete a round trip through ropeway.
The ropeway will have 50 cabins with a capacity of 10 passengers in each cabin. The project will also include development of infrastructure to provide amenities like restaurant, food court, shops etc.