After cruise ship, ‘shikara’ tests waters at Gobind Sagar Lake

To make Bilaspur a hub of water sports, the district administration conducted a trial run of a ‘shikara’ on Gobind Sagar Lake today. The administration had conducted the trial run of a small cruise ship on the lake last week, besides holding water landing training for paragliders.

Bilaspur Deputy Commissioner Abid Hussain Sadiq said efforts were on to make Bilaspur a tourist destination and provide visitors a new entertainment package in the district. He added that this would help improve economy of the area, besides generating job opportunities for the youth.

The DC said wayside amenities would also be improved and a hanging café would be set up near the Mandi-Bharari bridge on the Kiratpur-Manali four-lane highway.

The Deputy Commissionersaid Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu had envisioned to develop Bilaspur district as tourist destination as it provided multifarious opportunities both for tourism and business.

He said the government was coming up with a state-of-the-art tourist complex near Auhar village. The Bandla hill offered unique takeoff point for paragliders, he added.