ghaziabad if the number of projects registered with the upreal estate regulatory authority uprera in the first half of 2022 against the corresponding period in 2021 is any indication the states real estate sector appears to be looking up the trend also suggests that nonncr districts of up accunt for a of these new projectslucknow kanpur varanasi bareilly prayagraj agra and mathura have all claimed a pie in new project registrations uprera data shows the growing expressway network of the state is the main driver industry insiders feel besides the bigger scope for new investment in these cities compared with noida whose prime areas are saturatedtill june this year 125 projects in the housing commercial and mixedland use category were registered with uprera as compared to 103 in the first six months of last year about 66 of these applications belonged to nonncr districts and 34 to ncr districts a rera official told toi during the same period in 2021 a total of 103 projects were registered in up of which about 54 were from ncr districts of gb nagar ghaziabad and meerutapart from the popular locations like lucknow kanpur and varanasi this year applications were received from amroha shahjahanpur gonda bahraich sultanpur firozabad lalitpur districts clearly showing an upward trend of group housing and rising impact of real estate regulation among promoters from these districts the official said the residential category has the highest share of new project registration applications about 75 while the applications of commercial and mixedland used projects are in the remaining 25 according to the regulators data available with toicurrently more than 3200 real estate projects are registered with uprera after the implementation of the rera act in 2016 if an underconstruction property is part of a notified planning area and construction on land is up to or more than 500 sqme and the total number of units are eight or above then it is mandatory to register it with the regulatorfor the western up districts where real estate projects are being launched the delhimeerut expressway has been the gamechanger turning the drive between sarai kale khan and meerut into a signalfree cruise