LUCKNOW, Nov. 8 -- Several families in the city were thrown into a tizzy after their wedding bookings at the Indira Gandhi Pratishthan (IGP) were abruptly cancelled at the last minute due to the upcoming Ground Breaking Ceremony (GBC) 5.0.

The decision, taken without prior notice, had left parents of brides and grooms frantically searching for alternative venues until chief minister Yogi Adityanath intervened on Friday and ordered the immediate reinstatement of all bookings.

Among those affected was 58-year-old Mukul Awasthi, who had booked the IGP hall early in January for his daughter's wedding. "LDA (Lucknow Development Authority) had called us to inform us that our booking had been cancelled. It was shocking since all arrangements h...