Power of State Government to close and reopen aerial ropeways

<span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><b>22.</b> (1) If, after inspecting any aerial ropeway opened to traffic, anInspector is of opinion that the use of the ropeway or of any specifiedpart therof may be attended with danger to the public, he shall state that opinion, together with the grounds therefor to the State Government and the State Government may thereupon order that, for reasons to be set forth in the order, the aerial ropeway, or the part thereof so specified, be close to all traffic or to any special class of traffic. In cases of extreme urgency the inspector may order the suspension of the working of the ropeway or any part thereof which he considers necessary pending the final orders of the State Government.<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(2) When under sub-section (1) an aerial ropeway or any part thereof has been closed to any traffic it shall not be re-opened to such traffic untill it has been inspected and its re-opening sanctioned in accordance with the provisions of this Act.<br>