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Jaipur: With 290-year-old history, Pink City gears up to bag prestigious UNESCO heritage city title. Moreover, the heritage city is enclosed by walls and protected by a range of forts on its surrounding hills. The city of Jaipur was conceived not just as the military retreat of feudal warlords but also as a commercial city, a business centre of thriving enterprise. Teams of 15 departments are deployed for the beautification and maintenance of originality of Walled City area,” he said.The officials are hopeful to bag the title as Jaipur fulfil majority of selection criteria. The civic bodies are also carrying out repair work of the heritage verandas.A senior official said, “To be included in the World Heritage List, sites must be of outstanding universal value and meet at least one out of 10 selection criteria..