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Khijadia Bird Sanctuary<\/u>of Jamnagar district has been declared as new Ramsar site on the occasion of World Wetland Day (WWD).<\/p>\n

In an event at Sultanpur in Gurugram,Gujarat<\/u>resident commissioner Arti Kanwar received the designation certificate of Khijadia Wildlife Sanctuary from Union minister Bhupender Yadav.<\/p>\n

Khijadia Bird Sanctuary is unique having both fresh water lakes, salt and freshwater marshlands.<\/p>\n

It is spread over an area of 6.05km. Before Independence, a check dam was built for storing the waters of river Ruparel just before it entered the sea.<\/p>\n

Over the years with fresh water of the rain and river on one side and salt water of the sea on the other side, a unique area was formed here.<\/p>\n

Besides, Khijadia Wild Life Sanctuary<\/a>, Bakhira Wildlife Sanctuary of Uttar Pradesh was also declared as Ramsar site. The Space Application Centre (SAC) Atlas on Wetland of India (Physically) was also released during the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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