Aerosport training institute in Mizoram

Updated on: Thursday, December 01, 2011

An Aero-sport Training Institute would soon be established in Mizoram for promotion of adventure tourism and aero-sport, an official statement said.
 
Inaugurating the first Paragliding Festival and Spot Landing Competition at Serchhip yesterday, Mizoram tourism secretary B Sairengpuii said, "Adventure sports would be given emphasis to boost tourism and also to meet the sporting aspirations of the youth in the state."
 
The Paragliding Festival and Spot Landing Competition was attended by 38 sportspersons including 18 from Nepal, 10 from Sikkim, six from Mizoram, two from Himachal Pradesh and one each from Sweden and Maharashtra, the statement said.
 
The competitors jumped with parachutes from Chuanhnuai gorge near Serchhip town and landed at Zawlpui valley near Keitum village.

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