In spite of ban on water sports in Digha, parasailing continues

East Midnapore administration had imposed a ban on water sports like parasailing in the beaches of Digha following the death of a tourist a year ago but the ban has had no effect because parasailing has resumed on a sea beach close to the Odisha border near Digha.
This has been reported in telegraphindia.com dated 23 June 2016.

The water sport is being organized for the past one month on the Udaypur beach by seven small outfits under an umbrella organization called the All West Bengal Water Sports Association. Its secretary has claimed they had been given verbal permission by authorities both in Bengal and Odisha but the police officers in the two states have denied this.
The seven organizations did not wait for a written permission because each of them had invested Rs 10 lakh to buy vehicles and parachutes. Locals have revealed that the organizers are playing "hide and seek" with the police in both Udaypur and neighbouring Talsari in Odisha. Whenever raids are conducted, the organizers slip into the other state.
The sub-divisional police officer of Contai has confirmed that parasailing continues to remain banned along the coast in Digha, Mandarmani, Tajpur and Udaypur and has agreed to investigate.


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