Baani Travelogues: The Hightest Gondola in the world...

Baani Travelogues: The Hightest Gondola in the world...: Gulmarg boasts Asia's highest and longest cable car project, the Gulmarg Gondola The ropeway project is a joint venture of the Jammu and Ka...

The Hightest Gondola in the world...

Gulmarg boasts Asia's highest and longest cable car project, the Gulmarg Gondola The ropeway project is a joint venture of the Jammu and Kashmir government and French firm Pomagalski. The first stage transfers from the Gulmarg resort at 2,600 m (8,530 ft) to Kongdoori Station in the bowl-shaped Kongdori valley. The second stage of the ropeway, which has 36 cabins and 18 towers, takes skiers to a height of 3,747 m (12,293 ft) on Kongdoori Mountain, a shoulder of nearby Afarwat Peak (4,200 m (13,780 ft)). The second stage was completed in a record time of about two years at a cost of 110,000,000 Indian Rupees (ie some US$2.3 million) and opened on May 28, 2005. The French company had also built the first phase of the gondola project, connecting Gulmarg to Kongdoori, in 1998.....

In mudumalai.... the wildlife,

one of the finest and most attractive wildlife sanctuaries in south India. Located in the most picturesque surroundings of the hilly terrain of the Western GhatsThe Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary is also a part of the famous Nilgiri Bio-sphere Reserve of India. Here one can often spot herds of endangered Indian elephants, vulnerable Gaur, and Chital. The sanctuary is a haven for Bengal Tigers and Indian Leopards and other threatened species. There are at least 266 species of birds in the sanctuary, including critically endangered species like the Indian White-rumped Vulture and the long-billed vultureThe Mudumalai Sanctuary is as an important wildlife habitat due to its strategic position as a Wildlife corridor between several other protected areas that are a part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve