JAIPUR: JMC-Heritage has chalked out a plan to renovate and repair the Heritage wall. In the first phase, the 6km encroachment-free wall will be renovated.
It has been a long-standing plan of JMC-Heritage to renovate the wall that is being encroached upon and in a dilapidated condition. The total length of the wall is 18km, but only 6km is encroachment free which is easier to maintain. The other part will take time and manpower to get thousands of people away from it.
A senior corporation official on condition of anonymity said, “We have taken up this project to renovate the Wall which has both the sides free from encroachment. A file for financial sanction has been sent to Directorate of Local Bodies and once it is confirmed we will invite the tenders. Around Rs 19 crore will be needed to repair the 6km long wall.”
It has been in the terms of UNESCO to renovate the Heritage Wall the city and remove encroachment. This is however, a challenging task to remove encroachment from 12 km long Heritage Wall. Around Five years back, JMC, Heritage received Rs 30 crore from state archaeological department to remove the encroachment from the Wall but corporation is not been able to utilize it.
A senior official of the corporation on condition of anonymity said, “Thousands of people have made permanent houses attaching to the wall. If we ever try to remove all those people, it will be a difficult job and may cause a riot like situation. Hence, we are planning to get extra force or any alternative to get this work done.”
Majority of the Heritage Wall is already destroyed over the years and it has become a challenging task for the corporation to repair this. But until the wall is repaired, there is will be always be a risk of losing the World Heritage Tag by the Wall City.
