lucknow projected as an ambitious scheme to address need for affordable housing samajwadi awas yojana is also perceived as an attempt of up government to arrest proliferation of unauthorised residential colonies many of which cropped up in suburbs of ghaziabad noida and lucknow over past few years according to the draft plan of the scheme private builders will choose land ostensibly agricultural on their own much like private colonies that have come up on agricultural land in brazen violation of citys master plan while unauthorised colonies have been getting their layout sanctioned illegally from panchayats in case of samajwadi awas yojana sanction would be given by the respective development authority or the up housing and development no panchayat can sanction a map of any builder any such colony is deemed to be classified as unauthorised said principal secretary housing and urban planning sadakant the new scheme seeks to put a check on that he said in fact builders will get the land use changed for which the state government would not charge anything allowing the builder to keep a tab on the prices of housing units it will depend on where the land earmarked for the purpose lies in case it is in the developmental area it will come under the jurisdiction of a development authority otherwise it would upddb said a senior official in housing and urban planning department the developers will have to get themselves registered with the state government at the same time development authorities and housing board have both been asked to chip in with construction of houses under the scheme in the first phase around 10000 such units are planned subsequently development authorities and up housing and development board will incorporate the changed land use in the zonal plan which would then be integrated with the respective citys master plan but this will be preceded by the builder submitting a detailed project report dpr with the development authorities or housing board before going ahead with the construction work the builder will have to adhere to certain norms like proper drainage road and other infrastructural facilities said town planner and advisor in housing department n r verma sources in the housing department said that around 60 such builders mainly from delhi and west up have evinced interest in the scheme that is projected as state governments attempt to provide affordable housing in times of escalating real estate prices