DEHRADUN: Following on from the Uttarakhand government’s cabinet on Wednesday passing a new adventure sports policy, the next move by the hill state will be to petition the High Court to revoke the ban it imposed on what is amongst its top tourist revenue inflows.
As per the new policy, stringent rules have been made to make rafting and paragliding safer in the state, finance minister Prakash Pant told News 18.
Pant told PTI that according to the policy, a complete ban has been imposed on smoking and substance abuse by enthusiasts while rafting, kayaking or canoeing in the state. It has also fixed a minimum qualification for raft operators. Penal provisions have also been made stricter for people who violate the rules.
Keeping in mind public safety, rules on paragliding and aerosports have also been revised and approved.
In June this year, a division bench of the Uttarakhand High Court had said “sanctity of river is compromised as people drink alcohol and party on the riverside”. Taking a serious view of frequent accidents during rafting in the state, the Uttarakhand High Court had put a ban on it at the peak of the season until a revised policy on adventure sports was not brought into force by the state government.
The High Court had attributed the rise in accidents during river rafting primarily due to the absence of proper regulations.
DEHRADUN: Following on from the Uttarakhand government’s cabinet on Wednesday passing a new adventure sports policy, the next move by the hill state will be to petition the High Court to revoke the ban it imposed on what is amongst its top tourist revenue inflows.
As per the new policy, stringent rules have been made to make rafting and paragliding safer in the state, finance minister Prakash Pant told News 18.
Pant told PTI that according to the policy, a complete ban has been imposed on smoking and substance abuse by enthusiasts while rafting, kayaking or canoeing in the state. It has also fixed a minimum qualification for raft operators. Penal provisions have also been made stricter for people who violate the rules.
Keeping in mind public safety, rules on paragliding and aerosports have also been revised and approved.
In June this year, a division bench of the Uttarakhand High Court had said “sanctity of river is compromised as people drink alcohol and party on the riverside”. Taking a serious view of frequent accidents during rafting in the state, the Uttarakhand High Court had put a ban on it at the peak of the season until a revised policy on adventure sports was not brought into force by the state government.
The High Court had attributed the rise in accidents during river rafting primarily due to the absence of proper regulations.
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