Maharashtra student paraglides to college to beat traffic, reaches exam centre on time

A student from Maharashtra’s Satara district took an unconventional route to his exam centre—by paragliding over traffic!

A viral video making waves on social media shows Samarth Mahangade, a student from Pasarani village in Wai taluka, soaring through the sky with his college bag, making a dramatic entry at his exam centre.

According to reports by The Free Press Journal, on the exam day, Samarth was in Panchgani for personal work when he suddenly realised that he had an important test scheduled at his college. However, his hopes of reaching on time were dashed by a massive traffic jam in the Pasarani Ghat section of the Wai-Panchgani road. With only 15-20 minutes left, the situation seemed hopeless.

That’s when Govind Yewale, an adventure sports expert from GP Adventures in Panchgani, came up with a bold solution—paragliding! With the help of his team, Yewale arranged for Samarth to fly over the traffic-congested ghat and land near his college.

Under the supervision of experienced paragliding instructors, Samarth safely glided to his exam venue, making it just in time to write his paper.