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Dhelu to be developed as adventure sports centre
Shimla, Feb 16 (UNI) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh today said Dhelu in Jogindernagar area of Mandi district will be developed as a training centre for the adventure sports.
Presiding over a public meeting at Dhog in Jogindernagar, he said Dhelu would be developed for basic training of para-gliding, hang gliding and allied aero-sports, besides preparing trainees to acquire necessary skills to participate in national and inter-national sports events.
Mr Singh also inaugurated the Kisan Bhawan building that was constructed at a cost of Rs 49 lakh, laid foundation-stones of an Aero Sports School at Dhelu to be constructed at a cost of Rs 1.00 crore and ITI building at Dhog to be constructed at a cost of Rs.
1.14 crore.
He said a sum of Rs 42 crore were being spent for developing new tourist destinations in all identified circuits, adding that that Rs eight crore each were being spent in Mandi-Bilaspur, Kangra, Shimla, Chamba circuits, while Rs 5 crore each were additionally being spent over the development of Rohru-Chanchal and Sirmaur destinations.
The programme was bound to yield encouraging results and vast tourism activities would take place all over the state, he said.
Mr Singh said his government was also promoting rural tourism to improve the economy of the local people besides identifying new tourist spots.
Tourism could be the second biggest sector after industry to provide employment to people in large numbers, he said, adding that the state had attracted Rs 17,500 crore investment during the last three year and provided employment to 2.25 lakh people.
The chief minister accused the previous BJP government of wasting valuable period of five years in settling scores with their political foes.
The previous government had misled the people in the name of Kisan Pass Books, creation of new districts and regularisation of encroached government land, he said.
Mr Singh said the people were encouraged to encroach upon the government land and valuable forest wealth worth several hundred thousand.
Refer to following site for some other places where you can learn Paragliding:
http://www.paraglidingindia.net/
Dinesh Kumar Awasthi
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