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	- Two bird sanctuaries in Tamil Nadu’s Ramanathapuram district — Sakkarakottai and Therthangal — have been designated as Ramsar sites. 
 
	- With this, the State has 20 Ramsar sites and continues to have the highest number of Ramsar sites in India. 
 
	- Uttar Pradesh follows with 10 sites.
 
	- Ramanathapuram hosts two other Ramsar sanctuaries, that is Chitrangudi and Kanjirankulam.
 
	- Other 2 new sites are the Khecheopalri Wetland (Sikkim), and the Udhwa Lake (Jharkhand).
 
	- Thus, now India hosts total of 89 Ramsar sites.
 
	- Tamil Nadu received its first Ramsar designation in 2002 for the Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary.
 

                                 
                            
                                
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