The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) is planning to construct a ropeway from the Kamakhya Railway Station to the Kamakhya temple in Guwahati.
The aerial distance between the railway station on the western end of the city and the temple atop the Nilachal Hills on the southern bank of the Brahmaputra River is about 1.5 km.
“Kamakhya temple attracts a lot of pilgrims and visitors and the ropeway can add value to tourism in the principal city of Assam,” NFR’s general manager Anshul Gupta said during an Independence Day programme.
