October 17: The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has banned paragliding across the country until the service is further streamlined and more safety is ensured.    
CAAN said that the ban has been imposed in the wake of growing cases of paragliding accidents in the country.

CAAN Deputy Director General and Spokesperson Jagannath Niraula told the the state-owned national news agency RSS on Sunday that paragliding has been suspended until another provision is put in place to further strengthening its security system.    
CAAN decided to ban paragliding flights for the time being so as to manage policies, rules and laws relating to paragliding flight. The aviation governing body would permit the flights after clear laws are devised, he said.    
Sportsperson Nisim Thapa, 26, died in a paragliding crash at Sarangkot, Pokhara on Sunday. He was competing in the cross-country event of paragliding during the 9th National Games underway in Pokhara when the craft owned by Blue Sky Company suddenly fell off some 700 metre from the sky to the ground.
Thapa sustained injuries and later succumbed to death.