Decision 45 COM 7B.41

Jaipur City, Rajasthan (India) (C 1605)

The World Heritage Committee,

1. Having examined Document WHC/23/45.COM/7B,
2. Recalling Decision 43 COM 8B.16 adopted at its 43rd session (Baku, 2019),
3. Welcomes the progress made to improve the frameworks for legal protection and management of the property and the ongoing efforts to establish a detailed base plan and inventory of the property’s attributes;
4. Notes that Heritage Impact Assessments (HIA) have been undertaken for a range of conservation, infrastructure and development projects and that the State Party has developed additional guidance for public projects to strengthen the effectiveness of its HIA processes, and encourages the State Party to update this guidance, in line with the Guidance and Toolkit for Impact Assessments in a World Heritage Context, developed in collaboration between the Advisory Bodies and the World Heritage Centre;
5. Also notes that there are several projects under consideration pending the completion of HIAs, and requests the State Party to submit to the World Heritage Centre for review by the Advisory Bodies:
   1. Detailed information on the projects currently under consideration,
   2. Information on the status of projects listed in the 2019 Advisory Body Evaluation report, such as the multi-storeyed car park at Chaugan stadium complex and the Jaleb Chowk Redevelopment projects, and
   3. Information about any ongoing or planned works within the property or its buffer zone that may affect the Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) of the property, in accordance with Paragraph 172 of the Operational Guidelines;
6. Notes with satisfaction that the State Party has initiated work in response to its previous decision, and encourages continued progress on the following actions:
   1. Develop and implement the Special Area Heritage Plan under the Jaipur Master Plan 2025 to enhance the state of conservation of the property with regard to development impacts, including those affecting the city wall and craft streets, in line with the 2011 UNESCO Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape (HUL),
   2. Complete the detailed base plan and inventory of the attributes of OUV,
   3. Finalise the Architectural Control Guidelines and control over demolitions, following stakeholder and public consultations,
   4. Continue to improve the monitoring system, ensuring that it provides adequate information about the state of conservation of the property,
   5. Complete the draft interpretation strategy and tourism plans, including elements such as parking lots;
7. Also requests the State Party to strengthen the enforcement of the Jaipur Nagar Nigam Heritage (Walled City) Heritage Conservation and Protection Bylaws 2020 to improve the legal protection of the property and to enhance the technical and management capacity and human resources of the Heritage Cell within Jaipur Municipality;
8. Further requests the State Party to submit to the World Heritage Centre, by 1 December 2024, an updated report on the state of conservation of the property and the implementation of the above, for examination by the World Heritage Committee at its 47th session.