The IHCNF team initiated the work on mapping and listing of tangible and intangible heritage of Bikaner in August 2016 to document the fast disappearing rich heritage and to support its conservation and protection by generating public awareness and to support tourism.The Bikaner city fabric with its historic core (walled city with Haveli architecture) as well as fort, palaces and water resources in terms of wells, bagichis and lakes, religious buildings and rural excursions have been marked as major heritage/tourism assets to the city. Work on identifying the infrastructure gaps and documentation of different types of heritage in town was carried out along with identification of preliminary shelf of Heritage based infrastructure projects.