prayagraj the work for the construction of the multipurpose cultural complex auditorium being constructed under the smart city project at allahabad university has met some hurdle the defence has stopped the work for the development of the auditorium due to lack of noc required in regard to carrying out the work the ambitious project was being constructed by the prayagraj development authority pda and au over a land owned by the defence this land was to be given on lease to au for the construction of the auditorium but before the construction of the auditorium au did not get the noc and required permission to start the work following which the construction has been stopped the multipurpose cultural complex with a total seating capacity of 1500 individuals was being constructed near the pravesh bhawan of au with an estimated cost of around rs 32 crores the fully centralised airconditioned auditorium would be spread in an overall area of 12000 square meter with the builtup area of around 2500 square meters the seating arrangement spread into two floors the ground floor having around 900 seats while the first floor balcony having 600 seats besides the basement would have the facility of parking for over 250 vehicles along with an open parking for the vvip the complex would also have an open theatre with a seating capacity of around 300 individuals along with this there would be two conference halls each having the seating capacity of 250 individuals the complex would also have the facility of two exhibition halls for hosting different exhibitions of the city the main stage of the complex has been planned in an area of round 200 square mt and there would fully digital backup for the electronic gadgets to be used for any function in addition lighting system for conferences and theatre performances sound system side screens displays overhead projectors etc would also be in place in concurrent to other stateofthe art facilities provided in the complex after completion the complex would be used for all the government and semigovernment functions and eventsaus public relation officer pro prof jaya kapoor said au has already submitted the documents to get the approval from the army and is waiting for the green signal once the same gets the approval the construction of the auditorium will beginthis is not the first time that construction of any facility has hit a road block because of the lack of approval from the army be it the ghat near the fort night shelter for pilgrims at mela area overbridge at begum bazar railway line in the sangam area not getting the noc from army and starting the work has posed challenge in completing the projects on time due to not getting permission many works on the defence land are still stuck