pankul sharma tnn meerut the meerut development authority mda on wednesday approved plans to establish a stateoftheart information technology park spread across more than 10000 acres the land for the purpose will be acquired on the basis of a 30year lease a memorandum of understanding has been signed with software and technology park of india and has been forwarded to uttar pradesh electronics corporation upec for final approvals as soon as upec gives its nod we will proceed with the work said somya srivastav mda media secretary during a meeting attended by commissioner of meerut division bhupendra singh district magistrate pankaj yadav and mda vicechairman rajesh singh somya srivastav also said the board has decided to start a drive against the marriage banquette hall and nursing homes which are constructed illegally officers are directed for marking illegally constructions within a month and demolish them within a stipulated time frame the board also passed the resolution for reimbursement of medical bills of the mda employees and its president will be authorized to approve the bills up to rs 50000 while vc could approved up to rs 2 laks the board turned down the proposal to increase vehicle allowance of the assistant engineers it also passed the resolution for external development charges for complete area from farm houses clubs and botanical gardens he added