The ongoing paragliding season in Himachal Pradesh has witnessed nearly a 50 per cent drop in the number of paragliders — especially foreign nationals — compared to last year, when around 610 paragliders visited the state in 2024.

The Special Area Development Authority (SADA), Bir-Billing, has only received 252 registrations, including 198 from foreign nationals so far.

The SADA regulates paragliding at the international Bir-Billing site, Kangra, along with Aero Sports Club (ASC) India.

Officials and paragliding experts attribute this decline to changing weather conditions, the absence of any international paragliding event this year and ongoing global conflicts.

The Baijnath Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM), Sankalp Sharma, told The Indian Express , “Since October 5, we have received

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