Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Govt keeps private body off paragliding c’ship

Palampur: The government will not involve any private agencies in the organisation of the International Paragliding World Cup Championship. The government has not allowed the Billing Paragliding Association (BPA) to hold the event. Sudhir Sharma, former Congress minister, was the patron of the association.
Earlier, the BPA, a private body, was authorised to conduct the paragliding events and funds were also transferred to the account of the body. Information gathered by The Tribune revealed that the government had directed the Special Area Development Authority (SADA), Bir, a government agency, to conduct the championship in collaboration with the Tourism Department in the last week of October. Representatives of SADA will hold a meeting with Ram Subhag Singh, Additional Chief Secretary, Tourism and Civil Aviation, on September 21 in Shimla for the arrangements of the event.
SDM, Baijnath, Vikas Shukla, who is also the chairman of SADA, said as per directions of the state government, it had started preparations for the championship. He said 200 local paragliding pilots would assist SADA in the holding of the event. SADA had applied for the completion of formalities like permission from the Aero Club of India and the PWCA, global agency in Paris, which is the key organisation for the holding of global adventurous events.
17/09/18 Ravinder Sood/Tribune
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