Uttarakhand to start cave tourism’ circuit on lines of Slovenia

Taking a cue fromSlovenia, a country in central Europe known for itscave destinations,Uttarakhandis set to initiate its own cave tourismcircuit in the Gangolihat area of Pithoragarh where a Network of nineunderground caveswas discovered in September.
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/> Scientists of Uttarakhand Space Application Centre (USAC) recently surveyed the caves situated in Mailchaura, Gupta Ganga, Sailiswar, Vrihad Tung, Mukteshwar and Daneswar areas.

The caves are tagged as part of a karst landscape, which

is a landscape where of the bedrock creates Sinkholes, sinking streams, caves, springs and other such features.