Nurpur: Adventure activities to be started in Pong Dam reservoir

June 19, 2023

The state Tourism Department has initiated steps to launch water-based tourism and adventure activities in the Pong Dam reservoir.
- The Pong Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Beas River in Kangra district.
On the request of the Tourism Department, the wildlife wing of the state Forest Department has prepared a proposal to exclude two sites from the wildlife sanctuary.
The two sites encompassing a total area of 7.5 sq km have been identified at Nangal Chowk near Dadasiba in Dehra subdivision and Matiyal in Fatehpur subdivision.
The state Tourism Department has suggested activities like shikara rides, solar energy propelled houseboats, floating restaurants and tethered hot air ballooning in the Pong reservoir areas exempted from the wildlife sanctuary.