LARKANA: The Direc­torate General of Antiquities and Archaeo­logy has urged the Larkana commissioner to help retrieved the archaeological site of Dhamrah Jo Daro from encroachers.

In his July 14 letter sent to the divisional commissioner as well as the Qambar-Shahdadkot deputy commissioner and SSP, the Director General of Antiquities and Archaeology, Abdul Fatah Shaikh has sought the officials’ help in initiating an immediate action to remove illegal encroachments from the protected site situated in Nasirabad taluka.

The letter stated that the site, declared protected under the Antiquities Act, 1975, had been encroached upon by local residents and certain groups who were causing damage to the heritage.

Larkana commissioner urged to order immediate action against occupants of Dhamra Jo Daro in Nasirabad taluka

Mr Shaikh urged the Qambar-Shahdadkot district administration to remove all unauthorised occupations in accordance with the law, and take preventive measures to safeguard the site from encroachments in future.

Copies of the letter have also been sent to other relevant authorities.

Curator of Mohenjo Daro Ihsan Abbasi, who looks after the Dhamrah Jo Daro, told Dawn on Friday that he had time and again been writing to the officials concerned about the encroachment with request to help remove them. However, he said, no positive response had been received from them so far. According to the website of the Directorate General of Antiquities and Archaeology, there are three ancient mounds, almost circular in plan and conical in shape. The mound in the extreme northwest side of the site is the highest. It is strewn with potsherds and old brickbats, it says.

The other mounds which occupy an extensive area are also littered with potsherds and fragments of terracotta objects, the website says.

Published in Dawn, July 18th, 2026