No flights could take place in the ongoing Paragliding World Cup in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district's Bir Billing Valley on Tuesday. Today bad weather created a hurdle. Pilots and planners waited for the weather to clear throughout the day, but fog persisted into the evening and the skies remained lightly overcast.
However, the participants were given a target to fly 147 kilometers in the morning. Some pilots started flying, but at 1 pm the weather worsened. After this the toast was stopped. Meanwhile, Aero Club India President Rajeev Pratap reached Rudy Bid Billing. He assured all possible help from the central government to build infrastructure in bid billing.
A pilot landing during the Paragliding World Cup.
Meanwhile, America's Austin Cox is on the first place in Paragliding World Cup with 1496 points. Kazakhstan's Alexander is second with 1410 points and Poland's Dominik Kapica is third with 1408 points.
In the women's category, Poland's Joanna Koc is first with 1202 points, Brazil's Marina Oleksina is second with 649 points and Austria's Polina Pirch is third with 567 points.
Ankit Sood, spokesperson of Billings Paragliding Association, said that no competition could be held today due to bad weather. Now tomorrow 73 pilots will take off for the adventure.
The World Cup started on November 2 Let us tell you that Paragliding World Cup has started on 2nd November in Bid Billing. Pilots from 32 countries including America, France, Poland, Belgium, India are participating in it. Anurag Sharma, president of Billings Paragliding Association, said that strict arrangements have been made for security and safety during the competition in Billings Valley. Health department teams are deployed at four locations including the landing site and take off point. The volunteers of the organization are ready to face any dire situation.
Overall winner gets 333 euro cash: Anurag Anurag Sharma said that the prize of 2222 Euros will be given to the first female contestant in the competition, 1777 Euros to the second female contestant and 1111 Euros to the third female contestant. In the competition, the overall third place winner will receive a prize of 2,222 euros, the second place winner will receive 2,777 euros and the first place winner will receive 3,333 euros.
A pilot flying during the Paragliding Word Cup in Beed Billing Valley, Kangra.
9 Formation of rescue team 9 rescue teams have been formed to protect the paragliders. While 5 teams have been deployed in Bir-Billing valley along with helicopter and ambulance service during the event for recovery.
A pilot flying at an altitude of 2600 meters The take off Site at Billing is situated at an altitude of 2600 m above sea level, while the landing site at Bir (Kure) is at an altitude of 2080 m above sea level.
How to reach Bid? Air service is available to Kangra airport to reach Beed by air. Beed is located at a distance of 65 km from Kangra Airport. Tourists coming by railway can reach Chakki Bank of Pathankot by train.
Distance from Baijanath to Beed is 11 kms. Apart from this, tourists from Pathankot, Delhi, Chandigarh can also reach Baijanath by road. Beed can be reached by bus or taxi from Baijnath.
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