Question: Where did the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) establish Water Sports and Adventure Institute?
(a) Uttarakhand
(b) Ladakh
(c) Arunachal Pradesh
(d) Himachal Pradesh
Answer: (a)
Related facts:
- On 16 April 2021, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat and Union Minister Kiren Rijiju inaugurated a water sports and adventure institute on the bank of the Tehri lake.
- The institute has been established by the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).
- ITBP’s Mountaineering and Skiing Institute at Auli will independently run this institution, which will impart training in aero, water and land-related sports and adventure activities.
- The institute will offer training in kayaking, rowing, canoeing, water skiing, para-gliding, para-sailing, scuba diving, paddle boating, speed boating, kite surfing, jet skiing, etc.
- Apart from this, water rescue and life-saving courses will be conducted here.
- The institute has set target to train at least 200 youth in water sports every year.
By-Amar Mani Upadhyay