| Company name Alfa Travel Corporation | Locality City centre |
Address: ALFA TRAVEL CORPORATION
SHOP NO.59, JYOTIRMAY COMPLEX, SECTOR P-1, CIDCO
TOWN CENTRE, JALNA ROAD, AURANGABAD-431003.
PHONE # 0240 -2471925/2471926
TELEFAX # 0240-2471925
MOBILE # 09890865557 / 09372844449 / 09371142441
EMAIL [email protected]
WEB www.alfatravelcorporation.com,
www.aurangabad-ajanta-ellora.com
24x7 Customer Care – 09890865557
LONAR CRATER
Lonar Lake, located in the district of Buldana, Maharashtra, is one of the most popular attractions of the region. It is said that this lake was formed as a result of a meteor that bombarded the earth. It is theorised that the chemical constituents of the meteor along with the regional soil, give the lake both saline and alkaline properties at different points.
The unique nature of the lake has made it a subject of several studies and researches conducted by ecologists, geologists, naturalists and even astronomers. Some of renowned institutions that have conducted researches here include names like United States Geological Survey, Geological Society of India and University of Sagar.
A lake that evolved in the resulting basaltic rock formation is both saline and alkaline in nature lonar lake has a maen diameter of 1.2 kilo metres (3900ft) and is about 137 metres (449ft) below the crater rim. The meters crater rim is about 1.8 kilometres (5900ft) in diameter.