Paraglider collides with stray animal, pilot unhurt

A major accident was averted at the paragliding landing site in Bir-Billing area of the Kangra district on Sunday. During landing, a pilot's paraglider suddenly collided with a stray animal.

Fortunately, the pilot showed alertness in time and separated himself from the paraglider by opening the harness, which averted a major accident.

After this incident, the stray animal got entangled in the paraglider and started running uncontrollably on the landing site, which created panic among the tourists present on the spot.

It may be mentioned that a large number of tourists were present at the site, who had to run here and there to save themselves.

This paraglider belonged to Billing Adventure Paragliding Association, which suffered losses in the incident.

Raising questions on the administration, the association's president Raj Kumar Abrol said that the administration charges Rs 75 for every flying at the Billing heights, but no responsible person is deployed for security down on the landing site. The stray animals roaming on the landing site invite accidents, he added.

He has demanded from the administration that security arrangements should be ensured at the landing site and concrete steps should be taken to remove stray animals so that such incidents do not happen in future.