The Manakamana cable car, Nepal's first cable car, will be closed for 50 days for maintenance and upgrades. Manakamana Darshan Pvt Ltd has announced that the service will be suspended for approximately 50 days starting from July 15 for the upgrading of the cable car's digital system. Ujjwal Sherchan, Deputy General Manager of Manakamana Darshan Pvt. Ltd., stated that the current analogue technology of cable cars will be replaced with modern digital technology using fibre. Additionally, the main cable wire will be replaced after 26 years of its establishment. Skilled technicians from the Australian Doppelmayr Company will be involved in the upgrade works, which will be carried out in various stages. Despite the closure of the cable car service, the restaurant service at the entrance (bottom station) of the cable car, located at Ichchhakamana-4 Kurintar (Cheres) in Chitwan, will remain open for visitors.
