Gulmarg Gondola Section-I to resume operation

SRINAGAR: The authorities will resume operation of Gulmarg Gondola Section-I on weekends from Sunday.
The government of Jammu and Kashmir has decided to resume the commercial operation of Gulmarg Gondola Section-I (Gulmarg – Kongdoori) on weekends, starting from September 27, 2020, on the day of  World Tourism Day, an official bulletin said.
As per the sources, the operations will be carried out only twice a week viz Saturdays and Sundays by observing requisite protocols of Covid-19 viz maintaining social distance, sanitization of cabins before and after boarding and de-boarding of passengers, compulsory wearing of masks by all, etc.
No tourist shall be allowed to board the Gondola without wearing of masks and any tourist with temperature exceeding 99° Celsius shall not be allowed to enter the premises of the ropeway. The higher reaches of north Kashmir’s Gulmarg received season’s first snowfall on Saturday while the Meteorological department predicted light rains at isolated places on Sunday.