Pokhara: Four individuals, including two paragliding pilots, experienced a mishap as they descended into Phewa Lake at Pokhara Metropolitan City-18 during a paragliding landing. They were rescued unharmed.
According to National News Agency Nepal, a disaster management team from the Armed Police Force No 24 Battalion in Kaski, stationed at the Phewa Rescue Tower, conducted the rescue operation. The individuals rescued included pilots Milan Shah and Bishwas Adhikari, along with paragliders Akalesh Yadav and Chandan Kumar Patel from Banaras, India. Superintendent of Police at the Battalion, Surya Prasad Timilsena, confirmed their safe rescue.
The incident occurred when the pilots lost control of their paraglider during the landing process, leading to their fall into the lake. Shah is associated with Agni Paragliding, while Adhikari is affiliated with Happy Fly Paragliding.