Govt team starts archeological site protection work
A 10-member team created jointly by the cultural ministry and the Department of Archeology started working yesterday to mark property zone (core zone) and buffer zone of the country's protected archeological sites.
The team was created to protect the sites with an aim to have them enlisted as Unesco World Heritage Sites, says a cultural affairs ministry press release. The team led by the director general of the Department of Archeology includes archeologists from the country and abroad, and officials of Unesco, and the International Council on Monuments and Sites. Cultural Minister Asaduzzaman Noor inaugurated the first zone marking task of the team at Comilla's Lalmai Mainamati Shalbon Bihar yesterday. Property zone is the main area of an archeological site, where no structure can be built without special reasons. The buffer zone is a specific portion outside the property zone used for managing the site, where no structures can be built that can damage the site.
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