Panichishte lift to be put into operation this month

Panichishte lift to be put into operation this month

Anita Valentinova, source :travelguide-bg.com, 03.03.2009

The lift which is a part of the project for ski resort near Seven Rila Lakes will begin to function in March. The equipment is a part of the enormous project“Panichishte-Lakes-Kabul peak”, famous as “Super Panichishte”, estimated at more than 900 million BGN. Besides the two-seat lift, the construction of the adjoining ski runs. The renovation of the chalet “Rila Lakes”, the construction of the two purifying stations, near the chalet and in the village of Panichishte, are forthcoming. On the occasion of information that the company investor contracted the measure of the project due to the global economic crisis, the CEO of the company declared to the contrary that the project keeps to the original idea. Most of Bulgarian eco organizations have been against the project since it was officially declared, because the predominant part of it is focused on the area of National Park Rila