SRINAGAR: After a long wait, the Geological Survey of India (GSI) has declared the famed Guryul Ravine at Khonmoh, Srinagar, as a National Geoheritage Site, recognising it as one of the world’s most complete records of the greatest biological catastrophe in Earth’s history, the Permian-Triassic mass extinction, which occurred about 252 million years ago. Follow Us On G -N e w s | Whatsapp

The announcement came on Thursday during the celebration of the 4th Edition of UNESCO International Geodiversity Day 2025 and the 9th Edition of International Geo-Ethics Day, held under the theme Harnessing Geodiversity for Geoconservation . On the occasion, GSI’s Director General formally passed the resolution declaring two new Geoheritage sites in India, one of them being the

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