Operations of J&K's Gulmarg Gondola restored after brief halt

The operations of Gulmarg Gondola, one of Asia's highest aerial tramways in North Kashmir, near LoC, were started after a proper safety check on Monday, a day after a 'technical snag' stopped the cable car leaving many tourists stranded mid-air for a couple of hours.

- Ashiq Hussain

SRINAGAR: The operations of Gulmarg Gondola, one of Asia's highest aerial tramways in North Kashmir, near LoC, were started after a proper safety check on Monday, a day after a 'technical snag' stopped the cable car leaving many tourists stranded mid-air for a couple of hours.

Officials said that the "technical glitch", which they didn't specify, disrupted the operations of the cable car on Sunday evening. Local reports said that a rope had slipped from a pulley.

"There was a technical glitch on Sunday (in the first phase of Gondola) at around 5.30 pm. It has been resolved. It was restored on Sunday evening but today we conducted its safety check again," said J&K cable car corporation managing director Syed Qamar Sajad.

He said that the stranded tourists were brought down on Sunday evening. "Around 7.10 pm (on Sunday), the tourists were brought down. Our second phase up-to Apharwat was normal and running," he said.