jaipur taking cognizance of the urgency for protection and preservation of the parkota boundary wall of the historic walled city the high court has directed the state government to make provision for rs 13144 crore for its repair work the historic wall which is a protected monument with just seven original gates today there were nine before is breaking down due to anthropogenic pressure and there are as many as 48 openings in the wall to facilitate movement of people the high court in a recent judgment directed the government to provide for rs 3067 crore in the budget to be spent for first two phases in the financial year 201516 the balance amount was to be spent in phases 3 and 4 for redesigning of openings and restoration of complete parkota but this could not be provided for in the budget as the finance department could not identify a suitable head to allocate the funds to apart from that to avoid impediments in the restoration the court has directed that the civil courts in jaipur or any part of rajasthan will not issue any injunction orders in respect of any property which has any relation with the parkota or 5 metre area on both sides of the wall add to that the court also directed the jaipur nagar nigam to largely circulate the court order to restrain people from making any further encroachments or causing damage to the parkota we have identified the encroachments issued notices and are in the process of removing them said ashok singh director law nagar nigam the court took into consideration the deterioration of city wall and rampant encroachment on and around 15 feet of the city wall which was unabated even after issuance of the notification dated 16091968 after the previous ones in 1905 1946 and 1961 the 68 notification also declared the city wall of jaipur including all its gates as a protected monument thereafter the city wall is a protected monument which no person can encroach on construct or demolish any part of only 25 of the original wall exists that too is under threat a report prepared by the indian national trust for art and cultural heritage intach for restoration of the wall was submitted to the court in july 2014 the intach survey highlighted that the wall is being impinged upon by many shops and residential buildings which have been constructed at many places with no gap between the wall and the line of construction this was despite an administrative regulation that no construction will be allowed within 5m of both sides of the 149km periphery of the wall today only 25 of the original wall exists and there is extensive damage to that also at some places the wall has made way for newer passages while at other places it has become the leaning pillar for construction of shops and residences