Amid the rising number of paragliding accidents and casualties, the local administration, along with the tourism department, has decided to divide the aerial paragliding areas into green, orange, and red zones to help pilots identify safe flight paths and areas with higher risk levels.

Officials said that to implement the plan, assistance will be sought from internationally trained paragliders based in Himachal Pradesh, along with detailed mapping of vulnerable areas. Once the classification is completed, the zones will be marked on the maps used by paragliders taking off from the Bir-Billing site.

The decision was taken during a meeting held at Baijnath in Kangra district on Wednesday, which was attended by foreign paragliders, representatives of paragliding associations, and officials

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