ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We are sincerely  thankful to The District Magistrate,  Ghaziabad  for  his  valuable guidance and cooperation.

We are thankful to Distt. Economic & Statistics Officer,   Dy. Commissioner  (Entertainment),    Distt.  Supply  Officer,    Chief Treasury Officer for providing useful and informative data.

Special thanks  to  Sh.  Shiv Prasad Bharti,  the then Asstt. Director (Information)  for  valuable suggestions, arranging photographs and extremely useful information related to Ghaziabad.

We  are  also  sincerely  thankful  to the cooperation and technical guidance  provided  by  our senior colleagues and staff from National and State Headquarters, without whose support we would not have been able to present this work. Dr. B.K.Gairola, DG NIC,  Sh. S.B.Singh,   SIO and Deputy Director General,  NIC UP State Unit,  Lucknow  and   Mrs. Neeta Verma, Sr.TD   NIC HQ remained a constant source of encouragement and inspiration during this project.