The YAI Multi Class Youth Sailing and Kiteboard Championship got underway at the KRS backwaters in Mandya district on Monday.
It was inaugurated by the Minister for Youth Empowerment and Sports Narayana Gowda who said that Mandya district offered immense potential for tourism and it would be developed as a tourism hub.
The national ranking event which got underway on Monday will be held till August 13 and is being jointly conducted by the Mandya district administration in association with the Madras Engineering Group (MEG) of the Indian Army and General Thimayya National Academy of Adventure (GETHNAA).