Mumbai: In what is likely to become the world’s longest skywalk, Chikhaldara, a hill station near Maharashtra’s Amravati, is set to get a 407 metre long skywalk. According to reports, the skywalk, which will have 100 metre glass deck in the middle, is expected to be ready by July 2023.
The Chikhaldara skywalk, which, among many firsts, will also be the world’s first single-cable rope suspension bridge, will cost a whopping Rs 35 crore.
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According to a report in the Times of India, the glasswalk (skywalk), which is the second in India after Sikkim, will be longer than the skywalk in Switzerland – 397 metres and China – 360 metres.
World’s longest skywalk bridge to be made in India
According to Devendra Jamnikar, CIDCO’s executive engineer, quoted by the Times of India earlier this year, the pillars of the project have already been constructed in Chikhaldara valley at hurricane point and Goreghat point. The project is 70 per cent complete and according to reports, the contract for construction has been sublet by CIDCO to one Apicon construction.
In January 2022, the state forest department gave a clearance to the Chikhaldara skywalk project. A clearance from the environment ministry is however awaited.
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The Chikhaldara skywalk project will reportedly pass over the buffer zone of Melghat Tiger reserve and will provide a breathtaking view of the tiger reserve and the rich flora and fauna of the area.
The Chikhaldara skywalk project will provide the bird’s eye view of the Melghat Tiger Reserve, which is home to over 900 species of plants, 35 species of animals and 295 species of birds.
Chikhaldara is the only hill station in Maharashtra’s Vidarbha region and is close to the Mumbai-Nagpur expressway.
