{"id":21519,"date":"2026-06-04T00:14:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T00:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=21519"},"modified":"2026-06-04T00:14:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T00:14:44","slug":"gulmarg-gondola-to-remain-closed-till-june-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/04\/gulmarg-gondola-to-remain-closed-till-june-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Gulmarg Gondola to remain closed till June-8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Srinagar, Jun\u00a003:\u00a0<\/strong>The Jammu and Kashmir Cable Car Corporation (JKCCC) on Wednesday said the Gulmarg Gondola will remain closed for tourists till June 8 as maintenance and safety checks continue after last month\u2019s malfunction that left hundreds of visitors stranded mid-air.<\/p>\n<p>In an advisory, the corporation said all tickets booked for visits between May 25 and June 8 will be refunded in full.<\/p>\n<p>The Gondola has been suspended since May 25, when a technical snag disrupted operations and left over 300 tourists stuck in cabins high above the ground.<\/p>\n<p>The incident triggered panic and prompted a major rescue operation that lasted several hours, after which all passengers were safely evacuated.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities subsequently halted services and launched a comprehensive technical review. Engineers are inspecting critical components and carrying out repair and maintenance work to ensure passenger safety.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDue to technical maintenance, the Gondola shall remain closed. All tickets from May 25 to June 8 will be refunded in full,\u201d the advisory said.<\/p>\n<p>Officials added that operations will resume only after maintenance is completed and safety clearances are obtained, stressing that the decision has been taken in the interest of public safety<strong>\u2014(KNO)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar, Jun\u00a003:\u00a0The Jammu and Kashmir Cable Car Corporation (JKCCC) on Wednesday said the Gulmarg Gondola will remain closed for tourists till June 8 as maintenance and safety checks continue after last month\u2019s malfunction that left hundreds of visitors stranded mid-air. In an advisory, the corporation said all tickets booked for visits between May 25 and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21519"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21521,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21519\/revisions\/21521"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}