A tourist from Gujarat, who suffered a big accident on Sunday, while paragliding in Himachal Pradesh succumbed to his injuries on Sunday, the police said on Monday.
The deceased, who was identified as Satish (27), suffered serious injuries when his paraglider collapsed near Dharamshala in the Kangramhala district.
Satish took off from Indra Nag Paragliding, located in the suburbs of the city, on Sunday in a tandem flight with a pilot Paraglider Suuraj. After flying for a short distance, the paraglider crashed.
A video of a fatal paragliding accident in Himachal Pradesh also happened on social media.
The deceased suffered serious injuries in this accident and was brought to the Zonal Dharamshala Hospital and later referred to the Medical College, where he died on Monday, the police said.
Pilot Suraj is still in the hospital undergoing treatment.
Family members of the deceased were informed about the incident and the body will be handed over after postmort, Kangra said another superintendent of the police (SP) Hitesh Lakhanpal.
The local station officer (sho) was ordered to explore the case, while the officials of the tourism department were also asked to look at this matter, he added.
Previously, in January this year, a woman’s tourist, also from Gujarat, identified as Bhavsar Khushi, died as she fell while she took off on a tandem flight. There were two more accidents this month, resulting in so many deaths.
In total, more than 12 people have died in the last 30 months when paragliding in Himachal Pradesh. However, most of the deaths were attributed to free flights who will embark on high -risk zones or inner valleys with little knowledge of topography and local wind conditions.
Himachal Pradesh closes adventure sports
Himachal Pradesh has banned adventure activities for two months from July 15 to 15 September for a monsoon, officials said on Monday.
The event will be accepted by the Ministry of Tourism in the event of a violation, the announcement issued here.
Every year, adventure activities are closed for two months during the rainy season and tourists have to wait two months to participate in paragliding, rafting of the river, water sports and other activities.
In this respect, the Ministry in this respect was sent letters to letters to monitor all areas.
The breach could lead to the cancellation of the operator’s license and the seizure of the materials used in the activities.
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