Srinagar, Aug. 28 -- Shrine Precinct Needs a Special Planning Regime The shrine together with the area immediately around it must be regarded as a Special Heritage and Pilgrimage Precinct and conventional urban rules will probably not be adequate. A special development-control regime should therefore regulate such matters as building height, the treatment of the facades, signage, setbacks, construction materials, street vending, commercial frontage, pedestrian movement and the visual corridors. The visual axis leading to the shrine must be preserved and new buildings should not be allowed to block any important view corridors. The open spaces surrounding the sacred area should be seen as forming part of the shrine's setting and not as emp...