Varanasi's Dashashwamedh Plaza has become a new point for taking selfies with the Gondola.  On Thursday, as Mayor Ashok Kumar Tiwari removed the curtain of the ropeway's Gondola, there was a crowd of people taking selfies.Kashi darshan will be seen from a height of about 50 meters from the Gondola.  The ropeway is being constructed at a cost of Rs 807 crore.  Gondola will be available to the passengers every one and a half to two minutes.  3000 people will be able to travel in one hour in one direction.  150 Gondola will run on ropeway cables.  10 passengers can board a Gondola.

The Mayor said that the color of modernity and spirituality is visible in the reconstruction of Kashi.  Prakash Gaur, CEO of National Highway Logistics Private Limited, said that in the country's first ropeway service, Shiv and Ram tunes will be heard during the journey in the Gondola.  The 3.85 kilometer journey from Cantt station to Godaulia will be covered in just 16 minutes.