Uttarakhand Affairs
Water Sports and Adventure Institute (WSAI) has been installed by way of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) at Tehri Dam in Uttarakhand.
The institute was once inaugurated on Friday through Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat and Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju. ITBPs Mountaineering and Skiing Institute at Auli will independently run this institution, which will impart coaching in aero, water and land-related sports and journey activities.
Training in kayaking, rowing, canoeing, water skiing, para-gliding, para-sailing, scuba diving, paddle boating, pace boating, kite surfing, jet skiing, etc, will additionally be provided at this institute. Apart from this, water rescue and life-saving publications will be carried out here. It has been centered to train at least 200 early life in water sports activities at this group each year.
ITBP was founded on 24 October 1962. The headquarters of ITBP is in New Delhi, India. The Director-General of ITBP is S S Deswal.