SHIMLA: Dharamshala, which is "well-connected" with Hollywood, is also going to get linked to the shrine of ChamundaDevi with monorail. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation would conduct the survey of 19km stretch in next six months that would cost Rs 5,000 crore. Plan is also afoot to extend the facility up to McLeodganj -- home to Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama.
Once the monorail project comes up, travelling within Dharamshala would become smooth for tourists. Shimla is also going to get Rs 5,000-crore monorail project the feasibility study of which would be completed in the next six months by DMRC. While the proposed route of Dharamshala monorail is yet to be finalized, sources said in Shimla besides main town it would also connect Shogi and Sanjauli areas.
Monorail has been proposed as a green solution to vehicular pollution and traffic congestion in Dharamshala and Shimla as these cities have traffic bursting at seams.
Dharamshala has been tagged as the Hollywood town of Himachal Pradesh as large number of actors, directors and producers from Hollywood frequent the town to meet Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama. Congested roads and ever-increasing traffic had resulted into chaos on the roads much to the disappointment of visitors.
Confirming the development, minister for urban development, town and country planning Sudhir Sharma said DMRC has been asked to conduct the feasibility study of monorail project within six months so that Chamunda Devi Shrine and Dharamshala get connected with monorail. "We would also explore the possibility of extending monorail up to McLeodganj but this depends on the survey report," he said.
Sharma said Dharamshala has more severe traffic problem than Shimla. He said land is being identified to install escalators in Dharamshala while in Shimla it would be installed near the lift. He said there are certain Union government schemes under which escalators can be installed and handed over to the local bodies for upkeep.
Not many would know that before making Shimla their summer capital, British had selected Dharamshala. But Dharamshala lost the chance of becoming the summer capital of India during British Raj, as the 1905 earthquake in Kangra left 20,000 people dead.
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