Haryana Government has decided to set up the Haryana Academy of Adventure Sports as a society under the Haryana Registration and Regulation of Societies Act.
Chief Minister will be the Patron-in-Chief of the Society, Sports and Youth Affairs Minister will be the president and Administrative Secretary, Sports and Youth Affairs will be the Vice-President of the Society, the state Cabinet decided on Tuesday.
The Society would initiate, encourage, promote and develop adventure sports in the state along with creation of training facilities and to develop quality adventure sports infrastructure.
The Adventure sports which would be promoted in the state include ground sports, aero sports and water sports, mountaineering, trekking, rock climbing,
snow skiing, cycling, motorcycling, cart races etc. In the aero sports, the society would cater to parasailing, paragliding, hang gliding, hot air ballooning, wind, surfing, sky diving etc.
The society is also expected to undertake creation of adventure water sports training facilities in canoeing, kayaking, rafting, surfing, sailing etc in sea, river, lakes and other water bodies.