Established in 1974 under the Uttar Pradesh Urban Planning & Development Act 1973, ADA has progressed from small beginnings to embrace an overreaching authority in the development scenario of Allahabad. In consonance with the aspirations of modern India, ADA aims at coordinated and planned development of a historical city: to enable Allahabad to achieve pride of place as the worthy capital of the largest State of the country which has played a very important role in the Freedom Struggle, to extend urban infrastructure to absorb the pressures of a rapidly changing society, and to provide an environment which would enable the utmost satisfaction level of all sections of its inhabitants. To fulfill its role, the Authority seeks to coordinate in accordance with a comprehensive Master Plan along with the work of various other agencies involved in the creation and extension of urban infrastructure.