Himachal has the world’s best Paragliding site : Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu

Shimla : Chief Minister, Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu after launching the official website of the Billing Paragliding Association on Friday late evening, said that Himachal can boast of the world’s best Paragliding site at Bir-Billing, in Kangra where including many International competitions, the pre-world cup paragliding championships have also been hosted.

Besides, we do have other sites in the State including viz: Bandla Dhar in district Bilaspur and Solang near Manali.He said that the state Government is actively exploring all the possibilities to encourage such activities in the State and assured that the Government would initiate measures to boost this adventure sport in the State.

The launch of this website is expected to give a fillip to the adventure tourism in the State and will attract more adventure enthusiasts to experience the thrill.Eulogizing the efforts of the Association in promoting the sport in a big way, the Chief Minister said that with the launch of this website, relevant information about paragliding and other activities will easily be accessible to sports lovers.

Chief parliamentary Secretary, Kishori Lal, Secretary to Chief Minister Abhishek Jain, President of the Association Anurag Sharma, Vice President Prakash Chand other members of the association were also present on the occasion.