Bangana college first to have all 3 NCC wings

Piplu selected as paragliding sport hub in Kutlehar segment

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UNA, JULY 14

Government College, Bangana, has become the first college in the state to have all three wings of NCC, namely Air wing, Army wing and Naval wing.

Agriculture minister Virender Kanwar said today that while the Army wing was already operational in the college, 10 seats have been sanctioned for the Air Wing Senior Division, while the NCC had recently given the nod to include Naval wing in the college due to the close proximity of Gobind Sagar reservoir where the NCC Unit located at Bilaspur is already functional.

He said a communique to this regard has been received from NCC Commanding Officer Brig Rajiv Thakur.

Kanwar said a team of paragliding experts today visited the Solasingi Dhaar and Garvasada hills to look into the possibilities of starting paragliding adventure sports activities in Kutlehar segment. He said the team has finalised Piplu village to be the hub of paragliding activities, from where the gliders will take off and land at an open spavce in Hathlon village.

Surinder Thakur, Additional Director of the Atal Behari Vajpayee Mountaineering and Allied Sports Organisation located at Manali led the team of experts, which included paragliding instructors. He said the take-off and landing sites for paragliders will be notified soon.