Bhedaghat, the majestic waterfall among marble rocks here, could soon find itself in the coveted list of UNESCO's world heritage sites (WHS). Superlatives used to describe it's grandeur in the organization's "revised tentative list of WHS in India and its recommendations" have raised hopes of the state government, which is preparing to hard sell its one of the biggest tourist draw as the fittest case under the natural site category.
Bhedaghat is one among the only three sites in this slot that made it to the pan India nomination this time.
The tentative list, compiled by the advisory committee on the world heritage matters (ACWHM), had named Bhedaghat, along with Kanger valley Bastar and the Aravali hill range, said R K Sharma, state convener of INTACH.
Aravali seems to have lost out as the committee felt that due to its location spanning Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi and even Pakistani provinces of Punjab and Sindh it could present several protection and management issues. Bhedaghat, he feels, has a much stronger case and the words used to describe it in UNESCO's status of existing properties and recommendations for new additions makes it all too clear.
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