Enlightened tourist is requirement of the hour to safeguard geodiversity, states INTACH Visakhapatnam chapter convenor

‘Heritage websites can not be damaged in the name of tourist and travelers must be informed about the geoheritage, geodiversity and biodiversity’ ‘Heritage websites can not be ruined in the name of tourist and travelers need to be informed about the geoheritage, geodiversity and biodiversity’ The location where we live, the locations that we check out and the food that we consume, has its roots in geodiversity in some kind. Hardly ever do we believe or look into the past to comprehend its connection to geodiversity, stated D. Rajasekhara Reddy, convenor of INTACH, Vizag chapter. Talking to The Hindu, he stated keeping that in view USESCO has actually chosen to observe October 6, as International Geodiversity Day, and this year will be the very first year, when we would observe the day, internationally. Being a geologist and previous teacher from the Department of Geology, Andhra University, he stated, geodiversity is all over. “If we think about the beach stretch from RK Beach to Bheemunipatnam, we can categorize the stretch into 4 sections that have prospective geodiversity functions,” he stated. At Bheemunipatnam, we have the Gosthani river combining into the sea and it can be categorized as Estuarine Beach, which has its particular geophysical functions. The surface area functions of Bheemunipatnam beach varies from the Thotlakonda beach, which is categorized as Rocky Beach. Thotlakonda Beach has lots of wave-cut functions such as the natural rock-cut bridge. The Tenneti park beach is a paleo wave-cut platform, as the beach may have sunk countless years back from the adjacent mountain level and the RK Beach is a sandy beach, he stated. According to him, lots of do not understand about these functions and their value. He likewise mentioned that the production of a park at Tenneti park or reducing mountains to construct structures, without understa
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