The Dharamshala-Triund ropeway project had been hanging fire due to less tourist inflow in Kangra district. The tourism department has now proposed a new starting point for the said project.

Tourism and Civil aviation department stated in a statement issued here on Saturday that the tenders for the Dharamshala-Triund ropeway project were invited twice in 2009 and 2010 but no one responded to the tenders within the prescribed time period as per a report in TOI. 

"To analyze the reason for no response, the Rail India Technical and Economic Services (RITES), a special wing of the railways, was called to conduct a survey and the latter stated that the reason for not receiving any bid for this ropeway was less tourist inflow to Kangra district as compared to Kullu-Manali and Shimla circuits," the statement pointed out.

Now, the department has proposed a new starting point of the project from Patola in Khaniyara village near Dharamshala for the ropeway project.

Earlier, the ropeway was to be made from Dharamshala to Triund but now it would extend from Khaniyara to Triund. Another survey would be conducted by RITES (Rail India Technical and Economic Services) tofind out the viability of this project.