Wednesday, May 21, 2014

12 Major Ropeway And Cable Car Systems Across The Country

The aerial tramway is known as cable car,Gondola lift and rope way across the world, It is supported and propelled by a loop of steel cable which is strung between two stations. Cable car systems has its type of uses like Passenger lift, Ropeway conveyor and Urban gondola transport systems. India is one of the major market for Rope way and Cablecar Systems, All the major hill stations and tourist spots are installing the Gondola lift for better transport facilities. Major rope way in India are situated in the hill top temples such as Udaipur RopeWay at Kerni Mata Temple and Ropeway at Chandi Devi Temple in Haridwar and other are Nainital Ropeway, Timber Trail at Parwanoo and Ropeway in Bhopal.

GulmargGondola

gulmarg gondola
The Gulmarg Gondola Cable Car is the second highest cable car in the world and Asia’s highest and longest cable car project. Gulmarg rope way starts from Kongdoori Mountain, part of nearby Afarwat Peak (4,200 m or 13,780 ft) and the ferries runs towards Gulmarg and Aparwath Peak station with total length of 2.5 Km.

AuliCableCar

Auli-Cable-Car
Auli, the youngest Hill station and best winter season destination among the Himalayan states, has India’s longest cable car or ropeway with the total length of 4 km. The ropeway of Auli runs from Joshimath to Auli and offers stunning and breathtaking panoramic view of Nanda Devi snow peaks.

ManaliRopeway

Manalli-Ropeway
The rope way-cum-ski center at beautiful Solang valley of Manali hill station is the major attraction of the city along with other winter sports and paragliding, parachuting and horse riding. Ropeway at Solang valley offers breath-taking and enchanting sights, snow clad mountains, river stream and amazing world of beautiful nature.

RaigadRopeway

Raigad-ropeway
The Raigad Fort rope way is a non-profit endeavor, the only one of its kind in India and provides passenger transportation to the Raigad fort, the capital of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s empire. Another rope way in Matheran hill station in Maharashtra is proposed project and considered to be the longest ropeway in India.

RopewayAtDhuandhaar

Rope-way-dhaundhar-falls
Dhuandhaar is the famous waterfalls located at the marble city of Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh. Rope way over the Dhuan Dhaar falls offers a short ride but sightseeing of Falls,Bhedaghat Marble Rocks and holy Narmada river is awesome.

CableCarInMussoorie

Cable-Car-Mussoorie
Mussoorie, Queen of the Hills is a most famous hill station in the Dehradun District of Uttarakhand. Along with other major spots, another tourist attraction in Mussoorie is the Mussoorie Cable Car or ropeway in Gunhill.

GangtokRopeway

Gangtok-ropeway
The Damovar Ropeway in Gangtok is a cable car located at Deorali and offers a ride from Deorali to Tashiling over the city of lower and upper Gangtok. Gangtok Ropeway one of the major tourist attractions of the city and provides a beautiful view around.

RopewayOfRajgir

Rajgir-rope-way
The city of Rajgir was the first capital of the kingdom of Magadha, located in the Nalanda district of Bihar. Rope way of Rajgir is one of the major attraction of the region and connects Vishwa Shanti Stupa,Makhdoom Kund and monasteries. It also offers great view of valley surrounded by seven hills named as Vaibhara, Ratna, Saila, Sona, Udaya, Chhatha, and Vipula.

GlenmorganRopeway

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Glenmorgan is a beautiful valley with a big lake, covered by three peaks and offers best scenic view in Ooty,Tamil Nadu. The 3.0 kilometre long rope way from Singara to Glenmorgan is major attractions and offers panoramic views of the Mudumalai National Park.

DarjeelingRopeway

Darjeeling-Rope-Way
Darjeeling Ropeway is also known as Darjeeling-Rangit Valley Passenger Cable Car, connects Darjeeling with Singla banks of the Ramman river. The rope way offers beautiful views of the hills and the valleys around Darjeeling, Rope way also passed over tea gardens,dense forests, mountain ridges, water falls and flowing rivers.

SrisailamRopeway

Srisailam-Ropeway
Rope way in Srisailam is one of the best rope way in India and offers most beautiful view of mountain,river and dense green forest around it. Srisailam is holy place and famous for Bhramaramba Mallikarjunaswamy Temple,one of the 12 Jyotirlinga temples dedicated to Lord Shiva and Srisailam Dam built across River Krishna situated in Nallamala Hills of Andhra Pradesh.

MalampuzhaUdanKhatola

Malampuzha-Udan-Khatola
The Udan Khatola of Malampuzha, Kerala is only one of the major attraction of Malampuzha,Snake Park,Malampuzha Dam,Malampuzha Garden and Rock Garden are being other. Malampuzha ropeway run parallel to Malampuzha dam in Palakkad district and offers amazing view of Malampuzha Garden and reservoir.
Kashmir-Valley-ropeway
Last year Kashmir gets a dream ropeway to the shrine of Makhdoom Sahib, It is Kashmir Valley’s first ropeway and State’s second tourist-carrier.Image source:TheHindu

10 Skyscrapers in Top 10 Cities of India



India has become one of the hot spot in Asia for big construction companies such L&T, DLF, Tata Projects, Gammon India and Hindustan Construction. Indian cities are undergoing a massive construction boom, with hundreds of high-rises and more than 100 super tall skyscraper under construction. Most of the major Indian cities are having at least one tallest building and many are under construction. These tall skyscrapers are the new land mark of India as well as the achievements for the green cities. There are list of tallest building are under construction in all major cities of India,such as India tower Mumbai,Palais Royale,Supernova Noida and Burj Al Hind in Calicut. Below list is not included  tallest under construction, Approved and proposedstructure of buildings. 100-metre tower arena of Swapnali Bhosale Constructions (SBC) in Pune,Sahara Hospital in Lucknow and Lanco Hills one of the tallest residential projects in entire South India are few more high-rise tower in India.Image Sources: skyscrapercity
Imperial Tower -Mumbai: The Imperial Tower’s are twin-tower residential apartments Imperial-Tower-Mumbaiskyscraper located in Tardeo, Mumbai with an height of 254 meters. The Imperial is tallest building in India till now, as there are many tallest skyscraper are under construction across the country. Mumbai’s tallest towers,The Imperial Offers an excellent lifestyle and luxury apartments to live. The financial and commercial capital city of India, Mumbai has most of the high-rise buildings in India. It is the city with the twenty-sixth highest number of skyscrapers in the world some of them are Lodha Bellissimo A,B and C, Vivarea 1,2 and 3, Orchid Woods 1,2 and 3.
Name: Imperial Tower
Type: Residential
Location: Mumbai Mahatashtra
Area: Tardeo
Height: 253 Meters
Developer: Shapoorji Pallonji & Co Ltd
Choice Paradise -KochiChoice Paradise -Kochi: The Choice Paradise is the tallest residential building in South India, located located in Cochin, Kerala. The 40 storied Choice Paradise skyscraper of Cochin offers Eco-friendly 2 BHK, 3 BHK luxury apartments, green life with nature and lush foliage. Choice Paradise is constructed by The Choice Group with an height of 126 meters, Choice group is one of the largest and efficient Real Estate builder in India. Oceanus Maple with an height of 117 meters is another residential apartment tallest building in Kochi at Edapally.
Name: Choice Paradise
Type: Residential
Location: Kochi Kerala
Area: Edapally
Height: 126 meters
Floors: 40 Floors
Developer: Choice Group

North Star -Bangalore: North Star,The tallest commercial tower in Bangalore also known as World Trade North-Star-BangaloreCenter Bangalore, located in the Brigade Gateway enclave in Rajajinagar, Karnataka. The 32 floors tall building is presently holds the tallest building in Bengaluru with an height of 128 meters. With the North Star building Bangalore, the silicon capital of the country has joined the global network of World Trade Centers. The skyscraper of Bangalore offers commercial space for the offices and one of the ideal place for software industry. The World Trade Center also boasts of an exclusive helipad located at the highest point in the city. Another tallest building in Bangalore is UB Tower with an height of 123 meters.
Name: World Trade Center
Type: commercial
Location: Bengaluru Karnataka
Area: Rajajinagar
Height: 123 meters
Floors: 32 floors
Developer:Brigade Enterprises Limited
South-City-KolkataSouth City -Kolkata: The micro-township of 31.14-acre area in the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal is named as South City. The Residential complex is a condominium and has 5 building towers with 35 floors, Out of them one is fully constructed and other are under construction. Oak and other towers are the tallest building in Kolkata,with an height of 117 meters. Other tallest buildings in the South City Kolkata are Oak, Cedar, Pine and Maple with the same height of 117 meters. Kolkata has become one of the fastest real estate development center after Mumbai,Most of the recent real estate taken place in the E.M. Bypass area, New Town and Greater Kolkata. South City is one of the biggest retail development in Eastern India and become quite a landmark in Kolkata also host the Kolkata’s latest luxury shopping Mall.
Name: South City
Type: Residential
Location: Kolkata West Bengal
Area: Prince Anwar Shah Road,
Height: 117 meters
Floors: 35
Developer: South City projects
Lodha Bellezza -Hyderabad: Lodha Bellezza is theLodha-Bellezza -Hyderabad tallest building in Hyderabad with an height of 125 meters, Located in Kukatpally, Hyderabad. The 125 meters tall skyscraper with 40 floors is the tallest skyline of Hyderabad constructed by Lodha Group. Lodha Bellezza offers luxury apartments along with Yoga and meditation platform,techno-luxury Spa, Helipad and other required facilities. Lanco Hills 2 with 111 meters height is another most tallest residential apartment in Hyderabad. Now Hyderabad enjoys an unrivaled status as the commercial hub of India,with Lodha Bellezza nestled in the heart of city.
Name: Lodha Bellezza
Type: Residential
Location: Hyderabad-
Andhra Pradesh
Area: Kukatpally
Height: 111 meters
Floors: 40
Developer: Lodha Group
Brentwood_ChennaiBrentwood -Chennai: The Brentwood or Himadri Upscale Egattur is the tallest building in Chennai so far along with Pinewood, Birchwood, Greenwood and Seawood with the same height. The high-rise buildings of Chennai have 29 floors and a height of 108 meters. Brentwood is residential apartment building constructed by Hiranandani Developers and offers luxury 2BHK and 3BHK apartments located at Egattur OMR. The big construction companies has started building many more tall concrete structures in the city since then, the city’s skyline started changing. Bay view will be the tallest Building in Chennai after construction with the total of 36 floors and height of 138 meters. The LIC Building a 15-storied skyscraper was the first skyscraper built in Chennai and was a famous landmark in the city, now Brentwood is going to replace the long time landmark of Chennai city. Chennai the city of flyovers also have South Asia’s largest and India’s first cloverleaf interchange named as Kathipara Junction and many more to come.
Name: Brentwood
Height: 138 Meters
Floors: 36
Type: Residential
Location: Chennai Tamil Nadu
Area: Old Mahabalipuram Road
Developer :Hiranandani Developers
Civic Center -Delhi: The MCD or Municipal Corporation of Delhi Civic Delhi_Civic_CenterCenter is the tallest building in Delhi even at North India with an height of 101m. The 28-storeyed Civic Center holds a good rank in the list of buildings by height in the Indian cities. Delhi, The capital of India is well known for its street foods around and MCD is very much responsible for hygienic foods, clean and green Delhi,mosquito free and free of Stagnant water. Municipal Corporation of Delhi Civic Center is located on Minto Road and very near to famous Asaf Ali road. The Qutb Minar, a tower in green Delhi with 72.5 meters is the world’s tallest brick minaret. Pitampura TV Tower a 235-metre-tall television tower,Hans Plaza and Hindustan Times House along with famous Qutb Minar are ranks the other tallest buildings in Delhi.
Name: Civic Center
Type: commercial
Location: Delhi, Delhi
Area: Minto Road
Height: 101 meters
Developer:IJM India Infrastructure Limited
Neelkanth Patang -AhmedabadNeelkanth Patang -Ahmedabad: The most famous revolving restaurant Neelkanth Patang is the currently tallest building in Gujarat with an height of 67 meters. The majestic structure towers over the skyline of the city of Ahmedabad is one of the best luxury hotels of the city. Master piece of Gujrat is located at the busy Ashram Road and own by Neelkanth Group Of Hotels. Another major landmark in Gujarat is Maninagar Medical College with height of 47 meters and Under Construction QC 1 and QC 2 tower will be the tallest building in Gujarat with 122 meters at GIFT City.
Name: Neelkanth Patang
Type: Restaurants & Hotel
Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Area: Ashram Road
Height: 67 meters
Developer: Dharmadev Infrastructure
QC1 and QC2 are two super tall skyscraper under construction at Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT) at the green city Gandhinagar,Gujarat.
Om Towers -Jaipur: The best Western OM Tower is located in M.I. Road at the Pink city of India Jaipur,Om-Towers-Jaipur Rajasthan. Om towers hotel with height of 66 meters is currently the tallest building of Rajasthan and a major tourist attractions. It offers fine dining options along with breath taking panoramic view around the beautiful Pink City of  royal state Rajasthan. Hotel Genesis is another tallest structure and SKY-25 the upcoming 25 Story residential building project will be the tallest building in entire Rajasthan. The royal city of India is well known as one of the most popular tourist destination at Pushkar and the best place for shopping of traditional Rajasthan dress and royal carpets. Most of the places of Rajasthan are now become a luxury hotels. Jaipur is also ranked as one of the cleanest and greenest city in India.
Name: Om towers
Type: Restaurants & Hotel
Location: Jaipur, Rajasthan
Area: M.I. Road
Height: 65 meters
Developer:
DLF-Square-TowerDLF Square Tower -Gurgaon: DLF Square Tower is a high-rise building located Jacaranda Marg, DLF city Gurgaon, Haryana. The 22 Floors and 90 meter tall retail and commercial purpose building is the tallest in the city. Other tallest structure around Gurgaon city are DLF Gateway Tower,DLF Plaza Tower and Vatika Business Park 2.
Name: DLF Square Tower
Type: retail and commercial
Location: Gurgaon,Haryana
Area: Jacaranda Marg
Height: 90 meters
Developer:

Top 13 Spectacular International Airports of India


The aviation industry of India has become 9th largest aviation market in the world, Due to International tourism, India has build 17 International Airports for frequently visited cities. Some of the Indian airports are much spectacular and listed as one of the best in the world. International airports in India are Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport Nagpur,Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport Patna, Cochin International Airport Kochi,Calicut International Airport Kozhikode, Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport Lucknow and the Upcoming Chandigarh International Airport to serve states of Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh.
Sheikh UL Alam International Airport-Srinagar: The Srinagar International Airport is the only International airport in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. After the renovations of terminal,runway and over bridges, it was inaugurated in 2009.Sheikh UL Alam International Airport-SrinagarSri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport-Amritsar: Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport is located on the Amritsar-Ajnala Road and the main entrance of tourism for Punjab. It is one of the largest airports in North India.Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport-AmritsarIndira Gandhi International Airport-Delhi: Delhi International Airport is one of the most busiest airport in India and an important aviation hub. Indira Gandhi International Airport is the fourth best airport in the world.Indira-Gandhi-International-Airport-DelhiJaipur International Airport-Jaipur: The Jaipur International Airport is the only international airport in Rajasthan. Due to  the huge number International tourist, there is plans to increase the terminal as well as for extending the length of the runway.Jaipur International Airport-Jaipur:Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport-Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad International Airport is the eighth busiest airport of country with four terminals. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport is serves nearly for domestic airlines as well as several international ones.Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport-AhmedabadChhatrapati Shivaji International Airport-Mumbai: The Mumbai airport is second busiest airport in India with a large number of passenger traffic. Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport is the another main entry point to India with five operating terminals.Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport-MumbaiDabolim International Airport-Goa: The Goa International Airport is hub of International tourist and one of the most busiest airports in the country. Dabolim International Airport is located 30 km from the capital city Panaji.Dabolim International Airport-GoaBengaluru International Airport-Bangalore: The Bengaluru International Airport is the best emerging Airport of Indian sub-continent and fourth busiest airport of country. Bengaluru International Airport is awarded as India’s best airport” for the year 2011.Bengaluru International Airport-BangaloreTrivandrum International Airport-Thiruvananthapuram: The Trivandrum International Airport is first airport of Kerala and the first international in a non metro city of India. Kerala is the only state in India with three International Airports other two are  Cochin International Airport and Calicut International Airport.Trivandrum International Airport-ThiruvananthapuramAnnadurai International Airport-Chennai: Chennai International Airport is the major airport of south India and the second largest cargo hub in India. The Madras International Airport is one of the largest international gateways to the country.Annadurai International Airport-ChennaiRajiv Gandhi International Airport-Hyderabad: The Hyderabad International Airport is India’s best International Airport and also ranked as one of the world’s best airport. Rajiv Gandhi International Airport is one of the busiest airport in the country.Rajiv Gandhi International Airport-Hyderabad:Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport-Kolkata: The Kolkata International Airport is the major center for North-East India and the fifth busiest airport in the country.Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport-KolkataLokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport-Guwahati: The Guwahati International Airport is the only entrance to the Severn sister states or North-East India.

India’s Longest Underground Tunnels of Metro Lines


The Rapid transit system in India consist of metro and monorail systems and Kolkata was the first city in India is introduce metro in 1984 and followed by the Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System then Delhi Metro. Delhi Metro is modern metro rail system which are now followed by all the metro cities of India such as Namma Metro Bangalore, Mumbai Metro,Hyderabad Metro and Rapid Metro Rail Gurgaon. Metro lines are combination of elevated, at-grade and underground travel system, Yellow Line of Delhi metro has the India’s longest underground metro tunnels of all lines. Here is the list of Operating and Under Construction and Upcoming longest tunnels in India.

YellowLineDelhiMetro

yellow-line-tunnel
The yellow line of Delhi metro is the second longest metro line among other rapid transit system in Delhi and connects Jahangirpuri in Delhi to HUDA City Centre in Gurgaon. The 45 km long line mostly underground and also known for Chawri Bazar station, deepest station of the Delhi Metro 98 ft belowground level. Yellow Line has longest metro tunnel in India with total length of around 30-35 km (Not Sure) with 34 metro stations.

AirportMetroExpressDelhiMetro

The Delhi Airport Metro Express or DAME also known as Orange line linking the Indira Gandhi International Airport with Dwarka Sector 21. The 22.7 km long line has 15.7 km underground and 7 km elevated travel,Orange line has India’s second longest metro tunnel.

Line1ChennaiMetro

The Line 1 of Chennai Metro Rail project is one of the under construction metro line connecting Tiruvottiyur to Chennai International Airport. Chennai Metro Line 1 tunnel is the third longest metro tunnel in India with total length of 14.3 km underground tunnel travel system.

Line2&Line3ChennaiMetro

Line 2 and Line 3 of Chennai Metro will also have underground travel of length 9.7 km and 10 km respectively. The Phase I of the Chennai Metro rapidtransit system project is expected to complete and operational by 2013.

EastWestLineKolkataMetro

Kolkata-Metro-Tunnel
The East-West Metro or Line 2 of Kolkata Metro will have 8.9 km underground and 5.77 km elevated travel connecting Kolkata with Howrah. Tuneel will have a underwater metro line over the Hooghly River and it will be the first underwater metro in India.

PurpleLineNammaMetro

Bangalore-Metro-Tunneld
The Phase I of Namma Metro or Bangalore metro has two lines Purple Line and Green Line. Purple Lines has 4.88 km long underground tunnel and Green line has 4 km long tunnel equipped with all the latest technologies and system.