The Jammu and Kashmir government will submit the much-touted ropeway project at Patnitop hill resort in the state, to the Environment Ministry for seeking the mandatory clearance for it in consultation with the state wildlife department. 

The fate of the project, the first of its kind in the state involving construction and operation of a passenger aerial ropeway project and associated facilities at villages Kud-Sangote-Karla, (Patnitop) in Udhampur, has been hanging in balance since 2007. 

The 2.6 km-long aerial ropeway with 23 trolleys will pass through Dudu forest range and is almost one-km away from Sudhmahadev Conservation Reserve in the state and is being developed by NCCL on Behalf of the Patnitop Development Authority (PDA). 

"As it is located in 10 kilometre area of the nearest Dudu forest range, the PDA has already got the updated Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Management Plan (EIA/EMP) of the project done by the Environmental Science Department of Jammu University," an official spokesman said today.

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