Overview
- India’s Ambassador Vishal V. Sharma handed the ‘Jingkieng Jri / Lyu Chrai Cultural Landscape, Meghalaya’ dossier to World Heritage Centre Director Lazare Assomo Eloundou in Paris.
- The submission included the main nomination, a site management plan and annexures with maps in hard and soft copies, and the World Heritage Centre acknowledged receipt.
- The nomination frames the living root bridges as a living cultural landscape shaped by Khasi and Jaintia communities under an ethos of reciprocity toward Mei Ramew.
- Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma welcomed the move and expressed hope for inscription, as national agencies and local stakeholders were credited for preparing the bid.
- Coverage highlights prospects for prestige and tourism alongside concerns about livelihoods, land rights and visitor management to protect the fragile ecosystems.