Waste Clean-up Campaign launched at MraukU Ancient Cultrural Heritage Zone

A collective garbage clean-up campaign was held at MraukU Ancient Cultural Heritage Zone in Rakhine State at 7 am on 2 April.
The work process was launched for the MraukU Ancient Cultural Heritage Zone in Rakhine State to be enlisted into the list of a World Heritage Site in 2017, officials said.
The Technical Evaluation Team of the International Council on Monuments and Sites-ICOMOS will inspect the activities included in the Nomination Dossier, which was submitted to the World Heritage Committee in December, 2021 in the upcoming September.
After such inspection, the world heritage nomination will be discussed at the nearest session of World Heritage Committee in June 2023, and is an important part of the management process included in the nomination dossier for the MraukU Ancient Cultural Heritage Site to be inscribed on the World Heritage List.
A total of 500 local people and district and township departmental staff participated in the Clean-up Campaign, which is part of the Management Plan included in the nomination dossier around the MraukU Ancient Cultural Heritage Area to Shitthaung Stupa Area and Yadanarbon Ground Area.
Deputy Director General U Nyo Myint Tun from the Department of Archeology and National Museum, the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture, members of MraukU District Administration Body, district and township department officials led activities of the campaign.—MNA