Mystic Majuli one step closer to becoming world heritage
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20/02/2002
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Asian Age (New Delhi)
Mystic Majuli, the world's largest inhabited fresh water river island in the Brahmaputra riverbed in Assam, could soon become a world heritage. UNESCO, which selects the world heritage sites around the world, last week conducted an on-the-spot survey to examine the eligibility of this river island to become a world heritage. The Majuli River Island Protection Committee, which has been in the forefront of a campaign to earn heritage status for Majuli, said the heritage status could only save the heritage status could only save the river island from the danger of disappearance.