Prepare time-bound development plan for conservation of heritage buildings: Vasundhara Raje

JAIPUR: Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje today directed officials to prepare and execute a time-bound development plan for conservation, maintenance and management of the heritage buildings in the state.

Raje, while addressing a meeting of officials at her office, asked them to prepare a plan to conserve the buildings in such a manner that these places could become economically self-sustainable from the income received by increased footfall of tourists.

She suggested that districts should compete with each other in arranging tourism-related activities so that the number of foreign and domestic visitors could go up at their respective tourist places.

The Chief Minister further asked for a list of Dak- Bungalows of Public Works Department, Inspection Bungalows and Rest Houses of Irrigation and Forest departments which could be renovated and let out to private tourists for a fee, according to a release here.

Terming havelis of Shekhawati region as masterpieces in architecture, Raje said that the department should still involve their owners in the conservation plan.

Raje further asked for special attention towards the maintenance of the monuments in Jaipur and directed the officials to complete Amber Fort Management Plan at the earliest.