President Droupadi Murmu, who is on a two-day median visit to Jammu and Kashmir, will pay obeisance at Vaishno Devi shrine at Katra-Reasi tomorrow (Thursday) and inaugurate a newly constructed skywalk and 1500 lockers built in Parvati Bhawan.
Officials told news agency, that on her second day of J&K sojourn, the president accompanied by Lt Governor Manoj Sinha will visit Vaishno Devi shrine, situated at Trikuta Hills, in Reasi district to offer prayers besides inauguration first of its kind skywalk.
The skywalk, costing Rs 15 crore, serves as a security measure to segregate devotees traveling to and from the shrine.
The Vaishno Devi shrine will have a skywalk near the bhawan (temple) area that would provide separate paths for incoming and outgoing pilgrims. It will be 20-feet above the track level. While the present route will be used to exit from the temple, the skywalk, an elevated route, will provide entry towards the temple area or vice-versa. The length of the skywalk will be nearly 300 metres and its width will be 2.5 metres.
Conceptualised with an emphasis on safety and facility, the skywalk will have seating arrangements for senior citizens and women. In addition, two waiting halls with washroom facilities are being constructed along the skywalk to ensure seating arrangement for around 150 devotees.
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