HYDERABAD:Divisional Commissioner Hyderabad Muhammad Abbas Baloch has directed the officers of antiquities, buildings control authority and other departments to devise a strategy to ensure proper monitoring and protection of archeological sites and historical places.
This he directed while presiding over a meeting regarding removal of encroachments from the historical places at his office today. Additional Commissioner-I Hyderabad Syed Sajjad Hyder, Additional Commissioner-II Hyderabad Nazeer Ahmed Qureshi, Director Antiquities Abdul Fatah and other officers attended the meeting. The Divisional Commissioner Hyderabad said that archeological sites and historical places were considered as the identity of the nation thus their protection was their responsibility.
He informed that encroachments had been removed from tombs of Kalhora and Basant Hall Hyderabad. We would visit other archeological sites and historical places tomorrow (today) and would decide adopting modus operandi to remove encroachments there, he said. The Divisional Commissioner underlined the need of forming heritage and advisory committees on divisional and district level which would not only ensure the safe removal of encroachment from historical places but also propose for renovations of these places.
He also directed the Director Antiquities to assert administrative control of historical places / buildings and ensure that no other authority/department would issue NOC for working there in future. Director Antiquities Abdul Fatah informed the meeting that a 15- member committee under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Sindh had already been constituted for renovation and other works at archeological sites and historical places.