Which wetland was added to the Ramsar Sites in India as the latest or the 26th site?

a. Nalsarovar Bird Sanctuary

b. Pong Dam

c. Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary

d. Upper Ganga River (Brijghat to Narora Stretch)

ANSWER: Nalsarovar Bird Sanctuary

Explanation:

The site was identified in 1988.

Nalsarovar was declared as a Ramsar site on 24 September 2012. Since 2005 it is the only lake that has been declared as Ramsar site in India.

It is located in Gujarat.

Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary consists primarily of a 120.82-square-kilometre (46.65 sq mi) lake and ambient marshes.

Mainly inhabited by migratory birds in winter and spring, it is the largest wetland bird sanctuary in Gujarat, and one of the largest in India. It was declared a bird sanctuary in April 1969.