Deccan Plateau Current Affairs, GK & News
Lonar Lake and Sur Sarovar Lake added to Ramsar site
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change recently announced that the Lonar Lake in Maharashtra and Sur Sarovar lake in Uttar Pradesh have been added to the Ramsar sites. The Lonar lake is the only crater lake in the country. The Sur Sarovar lake is also called the Keetham lake. Lonar Lake It was ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Deccan Plateau • keetham lake • Lonar Lake • Ramsar Convention • Ramsar site • Ramsar Wetland site • sur sarovar lake
‘Suranga Bawadi’ enters World Monument Watch list
Suranga Bawadi, an integral part of the ancient Karez system of supplying water through subterranean tunnels built during Adil Shahi era in Vijayapura, is now set to get funding for restoration. A New York-based non-governmental organisation has included it in the World Monument Watch list for 2020 along with 24 other monuments from across the ..
Topics: Adil Shahi dynasty • Bijapur • Construction • Deccan Plateau • Irrigation • Monument • Qanat • Tourism in Karnataka • Tunnel • Water • Water supply • Water wells