GSI Approves India’s First Geo Park in Madhya Pradesh

GSI Approves India’s First Geo Park in Madhya Pradesh

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Category : State Published on: February 02 2022

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  • The Geological Survey of India (GSI) has approved the setting up of the country's first Geo park at Lamheta village on the banks of the Narmada River in Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh.
  • A geopark is a unified area that advances the protection and use of geological heritage in a sustainable way and promotes the economic well-being of the people who live there.
  • This site is already there in the UNESCO geo-heritage tentative list for the conservation of the natural heritage.
  • In 1828, the first dinosaur fossil was collected from the Lameta Bed by Indian Civil Service (ICS) officer William Sleeman.
  • This project will be spread on seven acres of land.
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