Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH), a nationwide non-profit organization founded to protect the common national heritage, concluded a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Delhi Government's tourism department on 3rd July, 2008.

The first step will be working towards the long term plan for getting Delhi declared as the WorldHeritageCity. This process will involve the areas from Humanyun's Tomb to Red Fort and area from Nizamuddin to Safdarjung and Qutub Minar all around to develop it as Heritage Tourism Circuit. Under this project government will develop a heritage route connecting certain monuments by designing a road from Red Fort to Humanyun's Tomb and Safdarjung to Qutab Minar. The Government and the INTACH have abided by in principle to protect, conserve, and promote the cherished architectural, environmental and living (social and cultural) heritage resources of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. By undertaking conservation oriented development projects and other related strategies the Government intends to lead to the encryption of Delhi as a WorldHeritageCity by UNESCO. The government will monitor activities to be undertaken by INTACH and provide required support where necessary.