Haryana State PCS

• 30 Sep 2021

Water Sports Inaugurated at Morni-Tikkar Taal, Panchkula

Why in News

• On September 29, 2021, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar formally inaugurated various adventure sports activities like paragliding, parasailing, paramotor and jet scooter water sports at Tikkar Taal of Morni area in Panchkula district of the state.

Key Points

• Water sports like parasailing, paramotor etc have been started to promote tourism activities in Tikkar Taal.
• An agreement has been signed with a company for organizing hot balloon activity in Pinjore also.
• After Goa, such water sports activities are being started in Tikkar Taal in Panchkula, Haryana in North India.
• To increase the employment opportunities for people in the Morni-Tikkar Taal area, a Home Stay Policy has been launched. With this Policy, the income of the people will increase and tourists will also get more facilities.