The Maharashtra government has set aside a sum of Rs 1,000 crore to rectify the damage that has been caused to the 1500-year-old world famous Ajanta caves as it gears up to promote the state on India's tourist map.

"The caves have been kept topmost in the priority list. Colour fading and seepage of water through the walls are the major issues which we are looking into," Chief Minister Prithvi Raj Chavan told reporters visiting the state as part of a tour organised by the tourism department of Maharashtra.

The Archeological Survey of India (ASI) has collaborated with the Japanese government in this regard.

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