Editing Mohenjo-daro (section)

== Conservation and current state ==
An initial agreement to fund restoration was agreed through the [[United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization]] (UNESCO) in [[Paris]] on 27 May 1980.  Contributions were made by a number of other countries to the project:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Country !! Contribution [[United States dollar|US$]]
|-
| {{AUS}}||  $62,650.00
|-
| {{BHR}} || $3,000.00
|-
| {{CMR}} || $1,000.00
|-
| {{EGY}} || $63,889.60
|-
| {{DEU}} || $375,939.85
|-
| {{IND}} || $49,494.95
|-
| {{IRQ}} || $9,781.00
|-
| {{JAP}} || $200,000.00
|-
| {{KWT}} || $3,000.00
|-
| {{MLT}} || $275.82
|-
| {{MUS}} || $2,072.50
|-
| {{NGA}} || $8,130.00
|-
| {{SAU}} || $58,993.63
|-
| {{LKA}} || $1,562.50
|-
| {{TZA}} || $1,000.00
|}

[[File:Ghanghro location - Mohenjo-daro.jpg|thumb|right|Surviving structures at Mohenjo-daro, 2005]]
Preservation work for Mohenjo-daro was suspended in December 1996 after funding from the Pakistani government and international organizations stopped. Site conservation work resumed in April 1997, using funds made available by the UNESCO. The 20-year funding plan provided $10 million to protect the site and standing structures from [[flooding]]. In 2011, responsibility for the preservation of the site was transferred to the government of Sindh.<ref>[http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-4-30318-Responsibility-to-preserve-Mohenjodaro-transferred-to-Sindh "Responsibility to preserve Mohenjodaro transferred to Sindh"], TheNews.com.pk, 10 February 2011; retrieved 14 May 2012.</ref>

Currently the site is threatened by groundwater [[salinity]] and improper restoration. Many walls have already collapsed, while others are crumbling from the ground up. In 2012, Pakistani archaeologists warned that, without improved conservation measures, the site could disappear by 2030.<ref name=BBCLostMaybe>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18491900 "Mohenjo Daro: Could this ancient city be lost forever?"]. BBC. 27 June 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2012.</ref><ref>[http://globalheritagefund.org/onthewire/blog/mohenjodaro_1 "Moenjodaro in Danger of Disappearing, Says Pakistani Archaeologist"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120706000326/http://globalheritagefund.org/onthewire/blog/mohenjodaro_1 |date=6 July 2012 }}. Global Heritage Fund blog article; accessed 8 February 2014.</ref>

=== 2014 Sindh Festival ===
The Mohenjo-daro site was further threatened in January 2014, when [[Bilawal Bhutto Zardari]] of the [[Pakistan People's Party]] chose the site for Sindh Festival's inauguration ceremony. This would have exposed the site to mechanical operations, including excavation and drilling. Farzand Masih, head of the Department of Archaeology at [[University of the Punjab|Punjab University]] warned that such activity was banned under the [[Antiquity Act]], saying "You cannot even hammer a nail at an archaeological site."  On 31 January 2014, a case was filed in the [[Sindh High Court]] to bar the Sindh government from continuing with the event.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bilawal's 'cultural coup' threatens ancient ruins|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1083787/bilawals-cultural-coup-threatens-ancient-ruins|work=AFP|publisher=Daily Dawn|access-date=31 January 2014|date=30 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Sahoutara|first=Naeem|title=Preserving heritage: Court instructs to take 'utmost' care in holding festival at Moen Jo Daro|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/665564/preserving-heritage-court-instructs-to-take-utmost-care-in-holding-festival-at-moen-jo-daro|work=The Express Tribune|date=30 January 2014 |access-date=31 January 2014}}</ref> The festival was held by PPP at the historic site, despite all the protest by both national and international historians and educators.