Bring down the wall around Sompura Mahavihara

The Sompura Mahavihara at Paharpur is an UNESCO designated world heritage site. A few days back, I went to visit it. I was appalled to see that a very high brick wall boundary was being built around the monastery complex. I learned that the wall was being built under the South Asia Tourism Infrastructure Development Project. The Department of Archaeology is implementing this project. We don't know whose brainchild this unusually high wall is, but certainly when completed it will destroy the attraction of this world heritage site. We demand that this extremely high wall is brought to normal height. For a monument like Paharpur Mahavihara, the wrought iron fence is the best option, not the brick-wall.

Mojaharul Islam
Uttara, Dhaka