Project

In preparation for the XIX Commonwealth Games, held in October 2010, the Delhi Chapter of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) proposed the creation of a network of heritage routes to highlight the city’s rich history. WMF sponsored this initiative through a Sustainable Tourism grant awarded by American Express. (...)

In preparation for the XIX Commonwealth Games, held in October 2010, the Delhi Chapter of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) proposed the creation of a network of heritage routes to highlight the city’s rich history. WMF sponsored this initiative through a Sustainable Tourism grant awarded by American Express. The INTACH plan features landscape upgrades and improved signage for the monuments along the route from Humayun’s Tomb to the Red Fort. This “Heritage Route” extends across a distance of six miles and will connect the numerous heritage sites along the way. Clean-energy “hop-on, hop-off” buses along the route are set to streamline the flow of visitors and reduce congestion in a city plagued by traffic jams and smog. The project has included the design of walking tour booklets and brochures on individual sites, and the introduction of improved visitor amenities. In addition, some thirty tour guides will be trained to give heritage walks. Lastly, an exhibition titled Delhi: A Living Heritage, which showcases the diversity and integrity of the city’s heritage, has been mounted at the Indira Gandhi Center for The Arts. In the future, seven additional routes are to be developed and integrated in the network.