chandigarh punjabs urban development authorities have begun an exercise to finalise residential and industrial projects in smaller urban centres of the state as part of its plan to ensure planned developmenthousing and urban development minister aman arora said instructions had been given to six key development authorities to step out of their comfort zone and get active in tierii and iii cities of the state till now the greater mohali area development authority gmada did not go beyond mohali or bathinda development authority bda did not plan beyond bathinda they have been asked to explore the possibilities of residential colonies and industrial estates already 25 sites have been identified and punjab urban planning and development authority puda approved establishments will come up there more sites will be identified for one it will result in planned development two when buyers get the option of getting an approved plot they will shun illegal projects it will change the scenario with a smooth and accountable system of approval illegal colonies would not have mushroomed in the state during the previous governments had efforts been made to promote approved projects besides we are hoping to attract big investors in punjab to give impetus to the realestate sector we recently went to hyderabad to explore such a possibility he saidthe development authorities in the state include amritsar development authority greater ludhiana area development authority glada jalandhar development authority jda patiala development authority pda dera baba nanak development authority sri anandpur sahib urban development authority besides gmada and bdaglada is in the process of acquiring around 2000 acres site at ladowal bypass for the development of a residential and commercial urban estate while gmada is going to develop urban forest in sector 97 in an area of around 35 acres on the lines of chandigarhpuda was established in 1995 to carry out integrated planning and physical development of declared urban areas undertaking the execution of development projects and schemes and formulating and implementing urban land use policy