Government of Rajasthan (GOR) had setup a semi-autonomous cell called the Rajasthan Urban Infrastructure Development Project (RUIDP) for the infrastructure development and heritage works in six cities of Rajasthan including Jaipur and Amber in which Rs.50 Crores were allocated for the conservation of various monuments, precincts, natural and built heritage and zones. Panika as the lead consultant to INTACH (Jaipur Chapter) headed the heritage conservation works.

The inclusion of the heritage component in the RUIDP package was resultant of the extensive work carried out by Abhikram and Panika and INTACH (Jaipur Chapter) on conservation and revitalization of various monuments, precincts, natural and built heritage and zones of Amber and Jaipur since 1988.

The primary intent was to offer this initial document to the Government of Rajasthan and to the people of Jaipur-Amber, for deliberations, discussions, review and revisions of the ideas, the understanding, the directions and the roles & responsibilities we can all accept, to make Jaipur-Amber’s development a heritage sensitive one.