New Delhi: "Feeling peaceful with Manisha Andraskar” was Jayant Andraskar’s last message on his Facebook profile before tragedy struck. Sourabh said he had last met his elder sister in May and he was looking forward to a reunion again. That’s a laid down SOP [standard operating procedure]. He had posted the message on the social networking website around 9 am on Sunday morning, few hours before his death.Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah said the cable car service could have been stopped as a precautionary measure against the strong wind.This is the first such incident in the history of the 19-year-old Gulmarg Gondola project, the second highest operating cable car in the world. The couple had gone to Kashmir on June 22. "The last time we talked, they spoke about Kashmir,” he added. The couple had gone to Kashmir on June 22.

The Delhi couple and their two daughters — Anagha and Janhvi — were among seven people who died in Jammu and Kashmir’s Gulmarg when a cable car crashed after a tree fell on the ropeway.The Andraskars, residents of Shalimar Bagh in northwest Delhi, were in Jammu and Kashmir on a family holiday.The family, originally from Nagpur, moved to Delhi as Jayant was working with a city government department, Sourabh said. The three others who died in the ropeway accident were identified as Kashmir valley residents Mukhtar Ahmad, Jahangir Ahmad and Farooq Ahmad Chopan. Jayant and Manisha along with daughters Jahnvi (7) and Anagha (4) were Computer Wire to reach here on June 28.”.A tree, uprooted by strong wind, fell on the ropeway of the Gulmarg Gondola or cable car and severed the lines, due to which one of the cable cars crashed to the ground, an official said. Jayant and Manisha along with two daughters were scheduled to return on June 28. "What terrible news,” he tweeted. The couple had gone to Kashmir on June 22, he said

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