in 2016, a rock and quarry project aimed at producing rock suitable for road paving was suspended on kaylatha mountain. on october 19, the hluttaw state representative of belin township constituency no. 1, dr. khin naing oo, sent a letter of opposition regarding the preparation for a mining project on the forest reserve to the president and various other respective government departments. the project was headed by rock well mining co., ltd.. u ohn win, minister of the natural resource and environmental conservation ministry, visited the area nine days later on october 28. he witnessed the field work taking place and decided to suspend the work. a temporary ban was placed from mining on the historic site. eventually, quarry projects were permitted to operate only along the boundaries of the kaylatha mountain nature conservation area (45 acres of land) as they had historically been quarry sites.