And better still the agency has decided to provide a crane to the traffic police for towing away wrongly parked vehicles that have become a growing nuisance on the city roads.

The four-laning of the road along Hindon is welcome news for the commuters since this road is at present only a two-lane road. The agency, in collaboration with the UP Awas Vikas Parishad, will spend Rs 100 crore for the 7.8 km stretch.

"There were three focus points of the GDA board meeting. One was to clear a proposal for construction of another connecting road and overbridge along Hindon river, two to check the nuisance that the baraat ghars have become, and three to provide a vehicle lifting crane to traffic police to tow wrongly parked vehicles," says S. K. Dwivedi, Vice Chairman, GDA.

After years of ignoring the complaints from Vasundhara, Vaishali and Delta Colonies, the board has formulat- ed bylaws to be followed by the baraat ghars.

As part of the drive to improve the city area, mushrooming baraat ghars have also come under scrutiny for not having adequate parking lots.

"It has been one long wait for some agency to take stringent action against the baraat ghars. Prime areas like Link Road are known for the nuisance. There are at least 10 baraat ghars of varied sizes that create a nuisance during the marriage season. The five km distance is choc-a-bloc with at least 150-200 cars parked everyday during the season. Even complaints to the police have been futile," says Rashmi Mirchandani, a resident of Vaishali.

The city will also house its very own campus of National Institute of Fashion Technology in the 120-acre land recently acquired by the GDA in Loni. A total of 31 proposals were presented in the GDA board meeting, out of which 24 have been passed,