State wants Great and Little Rann of Kutch,Gir-Girnar on UNESCO list

The Environment and Forest Department’s working group,made up of six serving Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers posted in the state and headed by the state wildlife warden,has also been tasked with enlarging the proposal for the Little Rann of Kutch’s bid to be a world heritage site to include the Great Rann of Kutch.

The Great Rann of Kutch,considered the world’s largest seasonal salty lagoon,is to be clubbed with the Little Rann of Kutch under the “natural heritage” criteria,according to the tasks allotted to the department’s working group.

On the other hand,the Environment and Forest department hopes the proposal for Gir and Girnar would make the area India’s first mixed category nomination to UNESCO’s list.

While the Girnar mountains are both tourist and pilgrimage sites that house,among others,the Ashokan edicts and the Sun Temple along with several natural wonders such as vulture breeding grounds,the adjoining Gir forest is a national park and wildlife sanctuary.

However,both the Rann and Gir-Girnar proposals would have to be first cleared by the state’s wildlife warden because they are protected areas under India’s forest laws,according to a senior official.

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