Energy
Ministry has announced that it will install hygrometers
and other devices to check the level of humidity at
Bolaghi Pass once Iran’s Cultural Heritage and Tourism
Organization (ICHTO) can provide concrete evidence about
possible damages to cultural heritage sites resulting from
a rise in humidity after the commissioning Sivand Dam in
Fars province.
According to CHN, the head of Parliament Cultural
Commission’s Cultural Heritage and Tourism Committee had
announced earlier that the parliament and Energy Ministry
are seeking to procure a hygrometer in cooperation with
UNESCO.
Experts maintain that hygrometer will measure the effects
of humidity on erosion in Pasargad and if this is found to
be high, the dam will filled with water at the lowest
possible level.
Deputy Minister of Energy for water affairs said that it
will take three years to fill the dam with water and
during this period research can be conducted on possible
damages to historical monuments due to the commissioning
of the dam.
Rasoul Zargar added that although the ministry’s
expertise in this field does not match that of the ICHTO,
it too is worried about the safety of historical
monuments.
“The ministry will soon conduct research on the rate of
damage that may be inflicted to historical monuments by
the dam before making a final decision,“ Zargar
concluded.
