Adventure water sports to begin on Saturday
TNN, Mar 12, 2010, 10.36pm IST
DHARWAD: The department of youth services, in association with General Timmaiah National Adventure Academy, will organize a five-day adventure water sports camp at Unkal Lake from Saturday.
DC Darpan Jain told reporters here on Friday that the meet will feature water skiing, canoeing, water scooter and surfing among others. Experts from the academy will guide the participants at the camp. Minister for youth services and sports Goolihatti Shekhar will inaugurate the meet on Saturday at 1 pm.
The DC said plans were afoot to introduce more adventure sports in the district by developing hillocks and water bodies. Para-gliding, aero sports, rock climbing and other such adventure activities will be organized in the days to come, he added.
Jain said lakes at Kelgeri, Sadhanakeri, Navalur, Kalgahtagi, Navalgund and Kundgol will be developed under lake-development projects as part of environment protection programmes. Efforts are on to develop Sanjeevini Park between Dharwad and Hubli into a bird sanctuary, he added.
