Moenjodaro walls to be repaired

Published March 12, 2004

ISLAMABAD, March 11: The Ministry of Culture will soon start maintenance work on the walls of Moenjodaro. It was decided in a meeting of the National Fund for Moenjodaro held under the chairmanship of secretary culture, Khalid Latif Chaudhry, here on Thursday.

The meeting resolved that a team of experts would be sent to handle repairing work on the site. The meeting was informed that a six-member team from the Achen University of Germany would also come to assist the experts.

It was decided that the local people working at the site would be trained to look after the maintenance work of Moenjodaro and an infrastructure would be developed to make the site more attractive for the tourists. Representatives of Unesco and other government departments also attended the meeting. -APP

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