NOIDA, April 9 -- After over a decade of deadlock that left village homes "unauthorised" and ineligible for bank loans, the Noida authority has decided to set up a committee to overhaul its rigid 2015 building rules and draft simpler by-laws to map approvals in 81 villages.

The committee, comprising members from the Noida, Greater Noida and Yamuna Expressway industrial development authorities, will prepare a draft and place it in the public domain for objections and suggestions before finalisation. The move is aimed at bringing long unregulated village constructions into a formal framework, said officials.

At present, landowners across 81 villages build without approved maps, leaving their properties classified as unauthorised and ineli...