11 stranded mid-air in Himachal cable car rescued after six hours
A similar scene was seen on October 13, 1992, when the haulage cable broke near the docking station and the cable car carrying 11 passengers slid backwards.
Operations are on to rescue the stranded passengers at Timber Trail Parwanoo in Himachal Pradesh. (Express Photo: Jaipal Singh) At least 16 people — 14 tourists and two attendants — were stuck midair when two cable cars developed a snag at Parwanoo Timber Trail in Himachal Pradesh’s Solan district on Monday.
Eleven of them were rescued in an operation that lasted more than six hours. The others reached down safely on their own, officials said.
While one cable car carrying five couples from Delhi, a tourist and an attendant got jammed while coming down, another car stopped near the destination uphill. The latter had on board three youths and an attendant, who managed to use the winch to clamber down to safety.
Later in the day, the state police lodged an FIR against the management of Timber Trail resort management for rashly and negligently endangering human life or personal safety of others. The FIR was registered on the statement of Anand Goyal, one of the rescued tourists, under IPC Sections 336 and 283.
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