According to official information, the plan, already approved by the State government through district collector Anil Mukim, is to be completed during the next six months. Gates from this side -- facing M G Road, Raopura -- would be reopened after about a decade. Parking space remains unchanged.

Exactly in front of Ceremonial Plaza (with a flag-mast), a seven-room information gallery would be constructed like a necklace. The construction would be sub-surface to ensure that the building's old grace is untouched (see photo). The upcoming Vadodara model district activities, especially for information dissemination through internet and E-mails, would be linked from here.

The man behind the plan is unassuming. ``I am nothing. The creation may be for the connoisseurs and the art loving people of Vadodara. I have done nothing to the building but have tried to create a little more space within from whatever was available'', says Vasavada.