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Ramgarh crater in Rajasthan to be developed as tourist destination
This would make it the third such tourist destination to be developed after Lunar crater iMaharashtra and Dhala in Madhya Pradesh. Situated at a distance of about 40 kilometers from the Baran district headquarters of the state, the Ramgarh Crater is a geo heritagez believed to be 600 million years old.
The third crater of the country and the first of Rajasthan is being developed as a tourist destination by the tourism department. Situated at a distance of about 40 kilometers from the Baran district headquarters of the state, the Ramgarh Crater is a geo heritage zone believed to be 600 million years old.
Director of Tourism Department, Rashmi Sharma, said, "Ramgarh crater will emerge as the most favourite tourist destination of the country. The budget announcement was made by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot to develop this area as a Geo Heritage tourist destination. In compliance with the budget announcement, development works are being done here at a cost of INR 57.22 crore, which include beautification of the lake, construction of infrastructure and other decorative works."
Director Rashmi Sharma, the tourism department is moving forward to promote geology tourism.
In this series, abundant possibilities of tourism are being developed in Ramgarh Crater.
According to Sharma, there is harmony of geology, archeology and history with natural beauty to attract tourists here which will naturally attract tourists. Ramgarh area reserve conservation area has also been declared by the Forest Department. Tourism Department, Forest Department and Public Works Department are working shoulder to shoulder for the development work of this area. The first two craters in the country are Lunar Crater in Maharashtra and Dhala Crater in Madhya Pradesh.
According to the General Secretary of The Society of Earth Scientist Satish Tripathi, in 1869, 12 km from Mangrol Tehsil of Baran district of the state, a crater located in the distance was discovered. It is believed that this crater was formed by the impact of a meteorite falling from
space 600 million years ago. The diameter of this crater is 3.5 km. Natural Geographical Heritage Ramgarh Crater has been given constitutional recognition in 2020 by the international organisation,
Earth Impact Database Society of Canada. Ramgarh has now been recognized as the 200th crater of the World Geo-Heritage. The development works proposed here include construction of high quality road, nature trail, entry gate and information center, knowledge center and cafeteria.
Beautification of crater lake, construction of jetty, development of gardens, development of green area, construction of ropeway to reach the temple located here, construction of entrance gate and signage, electricity, drip irrigation and other decorative works.
Source: Travel World
