A cable car carrying 11 tourists got stuck mid-air at Himachal Pradesh’s popular Parwanoo Timber Trail on Monday due to a technical glitch. All the tourists have been rescued.
According to the SP of Solan district, a cable car was deployed to rescue the stranded tourists, while the technical team of the Timber Trail operator was also on the spot. A police team was monitoring the situation, the SP added.
“Eleven people, including two senior citizens and four women, are stuck in a cable car trolley for the last 1.5 hours following a technical fault in the cable car system. Rescue operation is underway,” Pranav Chauhan, DSP, Parwanoo, earlier said.
#WATCH Cable car trolly with tourists stuck mid-air at Parwanoo Timber Trail, rescue operation underway; tourists safe#HimachalPradesh pic.twitter.com/mqcOqgRGjo— ANI (@ANI) June 20, 2022
A video message of the tourists earlier showed people stranded inside the cable car suspended mid-air while the people appealed for help. In the video, the people claimed that they have been stuck in the cable car for over an hour, yet they have not been rescued.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jairam Thakur took to Twitter to assure that all the stranded tourists will be rescued safely. “Rescue operation of tourists trapped in Parwanoo Timber Trail of Solan is going on. As soon as I got the information about the incident, I left for the spot. The administration is on the spot and with the help of NDRF and administration, all the passengers will be safely rescued soon,” the CM said in a tweet in Hindi.
The ropeway ride is a popular tourist attraction of the Timber Trail private resort, which is around 35 km from Chandigarh. The resort mainly attracts tourists from across the region as Parwanoo is located at the cusp of Himachal with Haryana, Punjab and Chandigarh surrounding it.
(With PTI inputs)
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