Chandigarh, Sept. 20 -- In a major push for its conservation, the Chandigarh administration has cleared a proposal to designate the Sukhna Wetland as a Ramsar site.

If accepted, this will make it the first Ramsar site in Chandigarh, granting international recognition and elevating Sukhna's global profile by highlighting its ecological and cultural importance.

The proposal will be sent to the ministry of environment, forest and climate change for onward action, in consultation with the ministry of external affairs and the Ramsar Secretariat.

Ramsar Secretariat is the permanent, coordinating body of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, an international treaty for wetland conservation, based at the International Union for Conservation of Na...