LUCKNOW, Oct. 15 -- Several property owners who have built houses on their land but cannot get their building maps approved may get a chance to regularise their constructions, with the Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) planning to relax restrictions on eligible buildings within a 500-metre stretch of the Outer Ring Road in the state capital, said officials.

The authority will place a proposal before its board to allow such constructions to seek approval under applicable building bylaws, excluding land falling in the green belt. If the board clears the proposal, property owners in Bakshi Ka Talab, Mohanlalganj and other areas under the LDA's jurisdiction could get relief from prolonged uncertainty over map approvals and building regular...