THE Bagan Heritage Trust announced that the work involving the use of chemical solutions to kill trees growing on ancient pagodas, including the Myinkaba Gubyauk-nge, and subsequent grouting was carried out.
The Trust, in collaboration with the Department of Archaeology and National Museum, carried out the removal of trees, including banyan and various weeds, on Thitssawady, Shinpin Thantshin, Shwenanyindaw Okteik group, Nar Taung Tat, and Myinkaba Gubyauk-nge pagodas.
After the trees were killed, the areas were sealed with mortar through grouting. The chairman and members of the Bagan Heritage Trust, as well as senior officials and experts from the department, participated in it. The Myinkaba Gubyauk-nge is a highly valuable pagoda, and murals and a sandstone carving depicting the Parinirvana of the Buddha were discovered in this pagoda, which are now displayed in the museum.
In November, the Trust, with the supervision of experts from the department, also carried out the chemical removal of trees in Bagan. — MT/ZN
