India, Sept. 4 -- The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) will now be able to directly purchase required land from landowners for eight roads listed under the zonal plan for Raj Nagar Extension (RNE), and also be able to sanction maps for residential spaces, GDA officials said Wednesday.

The authority has identified seven roads whose development has been stuck up primarily due to non-availability of land, and the authority wants to purchase land directly from landowners, officials added.

The seven identified roads comprise five roads having widths of 45 metres each, and two roads having widths of 24 metres and one having a width of 30 metres.

"All these eight roads are part of the zonal plan for Raj Nagar Extension, and the GDA board...