An additional Rs 58 lakh has been given for the Bir paragliding landing location

Raghubir Singh Bali, the chairman of the Himachal Pradesh Tourism construction Corporation, said today that the tourism department has given Rs 58 lakh for the construction and extension of a paragliding landing site at Bir.

He also said that the agency was dedicated to make paragliding a popular adventure activity in the state. He said that Bir-Billing was one of the world’s top ten paragliding locations. Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh said that paragliding will be crucial to realizing his aim of turning Kangra Valley into the state’s tourist hub.

According to Bali, one of the state’s most lucrative industries is tourism.

He said, “The concerned officials have been instructed to accelerate the take-off and landing site land acquisition process at the well-known paragliding location.”

He added that the proposal for land acquisition near the landing site had been lingering for a long time, but the Sukhu-led government would speed it up. The Tourism Department, which oversees the paragliding site, had expressed concerns over the large-scale construction of buildings near the landing site becoming a hazard for the fliers, so all efforts would be made to regulate construction activities at Bir-Billing.

A paragliding school in Bir is ready, according to Bali, and will open in two months with an official opening by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu.

He continued by saying that it had been decided to locate a control center close to the Billing paragliding take-off point. According to him, the Tourism Department has been working hard to investigate paragliding accidents in Bir-Billing. He went on to say that these occurrences had damaged the reputation of adventure sports.

Bali further said that the authorities had been instructed to register paragliding equipment as quickly as possible.

According to Bali, there are 346 pilots registered in the Kangra area and 14 paragliding groups.