{"id":55123,"date":"2019-09-11T15:58:59","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T10:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=55123"},"modified":"2019-09-11T16:04:18","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T11:04:18","slug":"influx-of-tourists-reported-in-rain-soaked-thar-desert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/influx-of-tourists-reported-in-rain-soaked-thar-desert.html","title":{"rendered":"Influx of tourists reported in rain-soaked Thar desert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mithi: Due to a heavy monsoon season, the Thar desert has received an influx of millions of tourists attracted by the beauty of its rare green pastures and mountains, a news source reported. The people of Thar are said to be relieved after the rain-dependent, arid region, received much more rain than expected, after the severe drought throughout 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/million-tree-project-for-thar-underway.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Million tree project for Thar underway<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tharparkar Deputy Commissioner (DC) Dr Shahzad Tahir Thaheem told the press that Parkar received more than 300 mm of rain, while Kaloi, Mithi and Islamkot received 266 mm, 235 mm, and 220 mm respectively. The Karoonjhar hills turned green, and pastures in the area were filled with shrubs and grass.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/36-thar-families-resettled-in-permanent-housing.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">36 Thar families resettled in permanent housing<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dahli and Chhachhro talukas received a little more than 100 mm of rain each, which is not sufficient for crop growth in the region. But despite this, the area now had enough fodder for animals.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/italy-invited-to-explore-mineral-deposits-in-thar.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Italy invited to explore mineral deposits in Thar<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The influx of tourists was due to pictures of greenery in Thar going viral over social media, the DC has said. He also said that the district administration of Tharparkar was willing to facilitate visits of the national and international media to the region so they may pull in even more visitors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mithi: Due to a heavy monsoon season, the Thar desert has received an influx of millions of tourists attracted by the beauty of its rare green pastures and mountains, a news source reported. The people of Thar are said to be relieved after the rain-dependent, arid region, received much more rain than expected, after the severe drought throughout 2018. Read:\u00a0Million tree project for Thar underway Tharparkar Deputy Commissioner (DC) Dr Shahzad Tahir Thaheem told the press that Parkar received more than 300 mm of rain, while Kaloi, Mithi and Islamkot received 266 mm, 235 mm, and 220 mm respectively. The Karoonjhar hills turned green, and pastures in the area were filled with shrubs and grass. Read:\u00a036 Thar families resettled in permanent housing Dahli and Chhachhro talukas received a little more than 100 mm of rain each, which is not sufficient for crop growth in the region. But despite this, the area now had enough fodder for animals. Read:\u00a0Italy invited to explore mineral deposits in Thar The influx of tourists was due to pictures of greenery in Thar going viral over social media, the DC has said. He also said that the district administration of Tharparkar was willing to facilitate visits&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":6187,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[12939],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-55123","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-influx-of-tourists-reported-in-rain-soaked-thar-desert"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Influx of tourists reported in rain-soaked Thar desert - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mithi: Due to a heavy monsoon season, the Thar desert has received an influx of millions of tourists attracted by the beauty of its rare green pastures\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/influx-of-tourists-reported-in-rain-soaked-thar-desert.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Influx of tourists reported in rain-soaked Thar desert - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mithi: Due to a heavy monsoon season, the Thar desert has received an influx of millions of tourists attracted by the beauty of its rare green pastures\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/influx-of-tourists-reported-in-rain-soaked-thar-desert.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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