This story is from May 8, 2015

Aero-modelling club brings thrill of Para-sailing to city

The denizens of the holy city will now have an opportunity to enjoy one of the most exhilarating sports ‘Para-sailing’ for the first time ever in the city.A five-member team of National Adventure Foundation (NAF) from Kota in Rajasthan, under the leadership of Vikram Saggar, has been invited by the aero-modelling club of the city to conduct a two-day ‘Para-sailing’ camp at an airstrip of a school ground in Seer Govardhanpur.
Aero-modelling club brings thrill of Para-sailing to city
VARANASI: Wish to rise in the air like a free bird without taking a trip down to Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Nainital or Rajasthan? Here is your chance. The denizens of the holy city will now have an opportunity to enjoy one of the most exhilarating sports ‘Para-sailing’ for the first time ever in the city.A five-member team of National Adventure Foundation (NAF) from Kota in Rajasthan, under the leadership of Vikram Saggar, has been invited by the aero-modelling club of the city to conduct a two-day ‘Para-sailing’ camp at an airstrip of a school ground in Seer Govardhanpur.
The president of aero-modelling club, Varanasi, Tulsi Kant Jha said, “It is the first time that we have experimented with a para-sailing camp and we hope to get a good response from people. The camp will start from May 10 at 6am in morning at a ground in Seer Govardhanpur. Not only youths but even senior citizens will be able to enjoy the thrill”, he said, adding that certified professionals will be conducting the camp making it absolutely safe.
He further said other adventure sports like para-motoring, skydiving and hot-air ballooning will also be held in the city to promote tourism if the government shows interest. “Governments of various states organise adventurous camps for the people of their city. But, no such camps are organised in our city despite being one of the most popular tourist destinations. So we decided that we should have something of that sort here as well and thus, contacted Vikram two weeks back regarding setting up a camp here in the city.” Presently, we have only started with a para-sailing camp, but if the government supports us in a bid to promote and enhance tourism then we also plan to conduct more adventure sports which will be an altogether new experience not only for the city people but also tourists, he added.It may be mentioned here that aero-modelling is the art of designing, constructing and flying model airplanes, helicopters and rockets.
An aero-modelling club was set up by Tulsi Kant Jha in the city to popularize the art of aero-modelling which involves design, development and flying of small air-vehicles. So far he and his team have organised a number of workshops and air shows in the memory of Veer Bhadra Mishra, former mahant of Sankat Mochan Temple at different schools of the city and other states including Bihar and %Gujarat.
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