nagpur almost a year after nagpur improvement trust nit came up with a draft plan for the metro region inviting suggestions and objections from stakeholders realtors in the city say they have been left high and dry a number of areas which had got a sanction for setting up real estate projects earlier are now included in the green zone under the new plan no construction is allowed in the green zone areas ramdev agrawal of sandesh group said he had purchased a 50 acre tract at peotha village off wardha road and had secured all approvals from nit but the land now comes under the green zone of the draft metro plan the work on setting up basic infrastructure like roads had also begun he said prashant sarode president of nagpur chapter of confederation of real estate developers of india credai said several builders have been affected by the metro region plan not only builders but farmers who are keen to sell their land are also at a loss farmers have lost an opportunity to get a better price for their land due to the green zone regulations farmland available for commercial projects fetches a better rate he said a senior official close to the developments in nit said the draft plan was released in february 2015 till then nit was following the old development plan for the area under its jurisdiction none of the cases where a final approval has been granted are being disturbed however the approval is given in stages the cases having tentative approvals have been withheld if the area is under green zone of the new plan however still nit is taking up each case and approvals are given on the basis of merit considering the suggestions and objections the areas where it may not be possible to provide any urban infrastructure are not given the yellow zone tag the source said