Hyderabad: Sankranti airshow set to sizzle Palamur skies

Hyderabad: Telangana Tourism and Vertical World Adventure and Aero Sports would organise Sankranti Air Show and National Paramotoring Championship from January 13 to 17 at Mini Tank Bund in Mahabubnagar.

Addressing a press conference here at the Minister's Quarters on Monday, Tourism Minister V Srinivas Goud said that there will be adventure sports like skydiving, hot air balloons, paramotors, RC drones at the event to be held for five days in Mahabubnagar. He said that they had planned the event at Parade Grounds in Secunderabad but the authorities denied permissions for various reasons hence Mahabubnagar was selected.

He said that though the aerosport was a new form of youth activity, the government had already organised other events during the Telangana Formation Day. The entry is free for the visitors but the price for joy rides is fixed at Rs1,500 for ten minutes paramotoring activity and Rs 500 for air balloon joy ride. There will be expert teams for takeoff to safe landing. The aviation lovers, youth, students can experience the sporting experience.

Srinivas Goud said that it was a happy moment for having the national level championship taking place in Mahabubnagar. He said that earlier, the programmes like paramotoring aerosports used to be organised in metropolitan cities but now the same is being organised in Mahabubnagar which is a unique place for organising such programmes. He said that the team which won the bronze medal in the Thailand International Paramotoring Championship would take part in Mahabubnagar. The participants who stand in first and second place in this championship are eligible to participate in the international paramotoring championships in future.

He called upon the people to utilise the opportunity being provided on the occasion of Sankranti. There are chances of organising many such national and international level sports activities in Mahabubnagar, said the minister.