The glossy book has 32 pages and was written by four men. Chris George is the manager of the caves, Mike Augee is biologist and fossil enthusiast, Bruce Welch is caver, and George Dewar the photographer who made the pictures. The book, simply named Wellington Caves, was officially launched at the Wellington Library last Saturday. It is now available for $4.95 at the caves kiosk.
Gepranath Mahadev Mandir is a cave temple located on the banks of the Chambal, 25km from Kota town. It is a famous temple dedoicated to Lord Shiva and was visited by hundreds of locals last Sunday.
Rain caused a landslide which damaged the staircase or ladder(?) going down into the cave and destroyed the railings. One visitor, an engineering student, was killed and two others were hurt or also killed. 250 people were trapped inside the cave shrine, among them some 30 women and 50 children. The accident happened around 3pm on Sunday, and until dusk the rescue forces were not able to free the people. Food, water and other relief material was sent down into the cave by ropes. Then the rescue work was stopped until the next morning because of the darkness.
Update: One day later the numbers given before were corrected. 135 people, which were trapped in the cave, were rescued Monday during the morning. Four people at a time were lifted from the cave with a crane. It seems two people were killed during the accident.
Magura is located in Bulgaria near the town of Belogradchik. The municipality has now won a fund for a renovation project from the EEA, an organization which is backed by the EU plus Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein. The 400,000 Euros of the fund will finance archeological excavations around and inside the cave and the restoration of some of the prehistoric drawings dating back to 8000 BC. The project also includes the construction of six platforms inside the cave which will allow a view on the excavations and will also have an exhibition of ancient artifacts found in the cave. The works will start in 2009 and will take 18 months.
The municipality is also submitting the cave to be inscribed into the UNESCO World Heritage List.
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Bulgaria’s Cave “Magurata” Renovated with EUR 400 000 from EEA
Marakoopa Cave at the Mole Creek Karst National Park has been closed six weeks ago, after a rock fall near the entrance took place. Wet weather caused the rock fall and was also responsible for the delay of the repair work.
Trained staff has been working on ropes to check the stability of rocks on the cliff face above the cave entrance, which is 50m wide and up to 150m high. Loose rocks were dislodged and so the problem is solved and the cave was now reopened.
Marengo Cave was discovered on 06-SEP-1883, which is almost 125 ago. To the 125th anniversary the cave will celebrate by offering special cave tours which will cost a fee of 125 cents.
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