Due to the nation’s catastrophic rainfall, a preserved historical city in Pakistan has experienced “vast destruction” and may require millions of dollars in repairs.
The Associated Press was informed by Ahsan Abbasi, a curator at Mohenjo Daro, that the rains had destroyed the city’s outside walls.
However, the “Buddhist stupa” at the Mohenjo Daro, a sacred graveyard, withstood the rains. The World Heritage landmark is currently undergoing repairs, according to Abbasi, who spoke to the AP.
The ancient civilization of Mohenjo Daro, also known as the Mound of the Dead in Sindhi, emerged on the Indus river 4,500 years ago and is located in the center of Pakistan. The city’s remains are currently protected as a UNESCO world historic site.
According to National Geographic, Mojenjo Daro was found in the 1920s after inexplicably disappearing 4,000 years earlier. Bronze statues, ceramics, and a lake called the Great Bath are among the city’s remains.
According to UNESCO, the meticulously constructed city, which had unending rows of baked brick walls, was the “first big urban center” of the Indus Valley civilization and had sophisticated drainage systems to handle earlier floods.
Between 2500 and 1700 BCE, the Indus Valley civilization—one of the world’s earliest—included more than 100 towns and villages along the Indus river in what is now Pakistan.
According to CNN, a letter from Sindh’s Cultural, Tourism, Antiquities, and Archives Department to UNESCO said that the Indus Valley civilization site had undergone “vast destruction” and asked for $45 million in repairs.
UNESCO responded by providing $350,000 in funding to aid in the reconstruction of the site as well as other devastating sites throughout the nation during UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ visit to the nation on Friday. According to CNN, the funds will assist with necessary repairs as UNESCO continues to analyze the condition.
The letter added that several areas of the museum and the site were made available to people so they may seek shelter during the rain.
One-third of Pakistan has been drowned by glacier melt and strong monsoon rains over the past two months, affecting 33 million Pakistanis. So far, over 1,100 people have passed away.
Due to its proximity to the overflowing Lake Manchar, the Sindh province, where Mohenjo Daro is situated, has been one of the hardest affected by the flooding.
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