Barmer: A beachy wonder in the middle of desert

JAISALMER: A place in Barmer is getting famous on social media which people are calling as mini Goa. Barmer is a desert area where people travel for many kilometres to procure water. But, 69km away from Barmer district headquarters there is a place adjoining the Indo-Pak international border where water is accumulated in 10km area. Large number of people from Barmer and nearby districts are coming to visit Redana Rann for picnic. People say that they have never seen such beauty in the desert. Daily 2,000 to 3,000 people come here in vehicles on picnic. Barmer SP Anand Sharma has deployed additional police personnel to maintain law and order and avoid any possible accidents.
Chauhatan SDM has issued an appeal to people not to litter. Apart from this, Union minister of state for agriculture Kailash Choudhary has started efforts to develop this place as a new tourism hub. Heavy rain has been lashing Chauhatan area these days and there is water all around in Rann area. The place boasts of pristine beauty like that of Goa and hundreds of people are coming here daily.
In fact, Redana village is surrounded by hills and rainwater accumulated here gives it the appearance of an ocean. As two feet under the gravel is clay so water is not seeping in. It has created a beach-like atmosphere in the middle of the desert.
Hitesh Sanklecha of Barmer said that he had been to Nainital, Goa and other places but has not seen a place like this. He came to know about the spot through social media.
Jhujhar Singh of Redana said that every year water accumulates here. Since this year people could not go to other places due to the pandemic, so they are coming here and liking this place. People have uploaded the photos of this place on social media. Visitors are thronging here.
He said that the locals are demanding that the government declare this place as a tourist spot so that people get the facilities. Kailash Choudhary has assured the people to develop Redana Rann as a tourist place.