Erra Matti Dibbalu also called as Red Sand Hills, a notified National Geo-heritage Monument,Geo-Heritage Sites, Minister of Mines Press release, 09-March-2016
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is situated at the outskirts of

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City. It is located very near to the

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and is one of Visakhapatnam's many heritage sites.

About

These Erra Matti Dibbalu are nature's assets to

. The

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is helping to make these sites attain geo-heritage site status.

References

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