Kalka-Shimla railway to go in the World Heritage List?

Kalka-Shimla Railway is among 47 sites being considered for inclusion in the World Heritage List.

The Kalka-Shimla Railway and River Island of Majuli in midstream of Brahmaputra river in Assam are among 47 sites worldwide which the United Nations will consider for inclusion in the World Heritage List.

The Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will hold a 9-day meeting in Quebec in Canada from July 2 to consider the nominations which include 13 natural sites and 34 cultural sites, including two that cross national boundaries.

The nominating countries include five states that have no sites inscribed on the World Heritage List: Kyrgyzstan, Papua New Guinea, San Marino, Saudi Arabia and Vanuatu.

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UNESCO said the committee would also scrutinize the state of conservation of 30 sites that have been placed on the List of World Heritage in danger because of problems such as pollution, pillaging, the impact of natural disasters or poorly managed mass tourism.

Those sites include the cultural landscape of the Dresden Elbe Valley in Germany, which may be deleted from the World Heritage List if the 21-member committee determines that the building of a bridge in the heart of the landscape warrants the move.

Currently there are 851 sites of “outstanding universal value” in 141 countries that have been inscribed on the World Heritage List, and each year sites are added after applications are first reviewed by either the International Council on Monuments and Sites or the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

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