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NepalRopeways
Ropeways using cables to transport freight were
constructed as
part of an effort to provide transport facilities for the
populace
and to replace human and animal power as a means to
traverse the
difficult terrain. The first ropeway was initiated in 1922
and was
extended twice until reaching its
forty-two-kilometer-length.
In the early 1950s, many goods were transported to
Kathmandu
using ropeways. Ropeways have become less important with
the
development and extension of roads. Nonetheless, the
forty-two-
kilometer ropeway that traverses Hetauda into the
Kathmandu Valley
still was operational in 1991. The transport of food,
construction
materials, and heavy goods on that ropeway could be
accomplished at
the rate of twenty-two and a half tons of freight per
hour. During
the 1985 to 1989 period, the ropeway carried approximately
12,000
tons of freight per year.
Data as of September 1991
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