BHOPAL CITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN Under JNNURM
MEHTA & ASSOCIATES INDORE 160
Heritage Site
Heritage Precincts
Heritage Monument/Building
3. Formulation of Specific Projects for the
Conservation, Restoration,
Preservation, Reconstruction of the
identified Areas, Zones etc. with the
idea of revitalizing the City centers.
Demolition of historical/heritage
building or buildings should be done
only under special conditions and law.
Encroachments should be dealt with
firmly. This should be done with
extensive and intensive consultation
with the people and peoples groups
including technical, political groups
etc. giving space for people to
participate in more ways than one.
Industrial houses, Funding
organizations, interested individual
(including Non-Resident Indians)
should be approached for providing
part funding for the projects.
4. The care and maintenance of heritage
must be entrusted to the local
community, for which Public
Awareness programs, Heritage Walks,
Workshops, Educational programs
must find place in the Heritage
Management Plan. A nodal agency
that acts as an interface between the
people. Municipal Corporation,
government and technical and
financial matter should be identified to
implement the Management Plan.
5. Signage, public notices, road furniture,
display boards, billboards, etc. should
be designed to supplement the
ambience of the historic/heritage area.
6. Promotion of traditional cultural
expressions and art should be given
importance and special spaces,
programs and facilities should be
provided for the growth of such
activities.
14.10.3 Action Plan
1. Conservation of 'Royal Ensemble' to
be declared as a special protected
area with program for its development.
The development plan has to conform
to the conservation norms set by
UNESCO. This would include
documentation of the historic buildings
in the specified area marked in plan.
Detailed conservation plan based on
the study and recommendations of
Conservation architect, structural
engineer, sanitary engineer, art
historian and other experts. The
conservation plan would include
conservation, restoration, signage,
regulations, interpretation,
electrification and awareness program
of the buildings, open spaces, water
system (including fountains, tanks,
wells etc.), ghats, facades, gates and
all the components that combine to
form the historical/ heritage character
of the area.
2. Documentation, Detailed study and
Heritage Conservation of the three
historical cascading tanks at
Shahjehanabad area of Bhopal
including the cleaning, conservation,
reconstruction, removal of
encroachments, etc.of the identified
area including buildings, tanks,
temples, mosques, roads, open
spaces, schools and all other
components that tall within the
identified area and are of
heritage/historical value or are
required to enhance and develop the
historical/heritage value of the area.
Experts would be required for the
formulation and execution of the
Project and its Heritage Management
Plan. Extensive consultation with the
people and their participation including
fund raising from other sources would
form part of the Heritage Conservation
Plan.
3. Development of public spaces in the
Art Deco area of Ahmedabad.
Plantation of Botanical garden,
restoration of boundary walls etc.
forms part of the proposal. Individuals
can be motivated to restore their
heritage buildings and conservation
and heritage experts can suggest
adaptive reuse of some of them.