Jaipur: JMC Heritage is developing a Special Area Heritage Plan (SAHP) for the Walled City which will be completed by Feb 2025. Officials said that this is being done as a mandate for a UNESCO Heritage site, as such places are not included in the city master plan. The action plan will focus on issues like road widening, maintenance of infrastructure, and improvement of the drainage system.
In February 2020, the Walled City was declared a UNESCO Heritage site where changing the architecture of the area is not allowed. The components of the SAHP include the Heritage Conservation Plan (Built and Intangible), Social Infrastructure Plan, Disaster Management Plan, and Mobility Plan, among other components. Officials said that as per the conditions of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)—an NGO associated with UNESCO—with respect to the declaration of Jaipur City as a World Heritage Site in 2019, a proper plan for conservation is needed.
Abhishek Surana, commissioner of JMC Heritage, said, “A Special Area Heritage Plan is being developed for the Walled City for proper conservation and management of the World Heritage Site. The action plan is being developed keeping in mind the expansion of the city till 2047.” The plan will include a “complete detailed heritage inventory for the nominated property covering all attributes at a suitable level of detail.
” According to the guidelines of ICOMOS, the plan must have provisions for “improving legal protection to overcome the danger to the property and ensure it is adequate and effective for all attributes, including ensuring coordination between the various protective measures...
” “The SAHP will guide every decision taken by the Nagar Nigam Jaipur Heritage and other relevant authorities for the Jaipur Walled City, which is a World Heritage Site. The SAHP will be a key document to be submitted to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee and to be implemented in a phased manner,” said a senior official from the town planning department of JMC Heritage. We also published the following articles recently Heritage lost & found The Qutb Shahi Tombs have been restored, revealing their original colours and patterns thanks to a project led by the Telangana heritage department and Aga Khan Trust for Culture.
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