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Paragliding in Phulchoki from October  

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Paragliding in Phulchoki from October  
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August 21: The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation has given permission to Phulchoki Adventure Pvt Ltd to operate commercial paragliding in the Phulchoki area on the southern outskirts of the Kathmandu valley.    

Currently, the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal is working on the technical aspects of paragliding from Phulchoki towards Panauti, which falls outside the valley.    

Chabilal Humagain, chairperson of Phulchoki Adventure Pvt Ltd, told the state-owned RSS that preparations will be made for commercial flights after the release of operational instructions from the CAAN.    

Adventure sports in Nepal is likely to get a boost with the approval from the Tourism Ministry to carry out paragliding flights from Phulchowki to Kushadevi area of Panauti.

A test flight of paragliding was conducted from Gurdumdanda three years ago during a tourism festival, according to RSS. On the occasion, 15 paragliders had conducted test flight for three days. The place for take-off, landing, air pressure, and other conditions were reported to be favorable for paragliding in the area.

Humagain said that since it will take a month to complete all the procedures of paragliding operations, plans are afoot to start commercial flights from coming October.    

According to him, 10 paragliding companies have been allowed to fly daily from 10 am to 4 pm. Paragliders will take off from Gurdumdanda and land at Bancharetar in Kushadevi. The road distance from Gurdumdanda to Bancharetar is four kilometers. The take-off point is 2,350 meters above sea level while the landing point is 1,300 meters above sea level.      

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