visakhapatnam visakhapatnam urban development authority vuda has launched a special drive against unauthorised layouts within its limits after vizianagaram district administration had sent a list of layouts for scrutiny vuda identified 154 unauthorised layouts in the district after the drive there concludes it will be extendedto visakhapatnam and srikakulamspeaking to toi vuda chief urban planner v bhavani sankar cautioned people against buying plots in unauthorised layouts proclaimers were engaged for the demolition of unauthorised layouts in vizianagaram district we have formed a team to coordinate the exercise in the first phase the unauthorised layouts in vizianagaram will be identified and it will be continued further in vizag and srikakulam districts said sankarexplaining the intricacies of layout development sankar said while the development of plots in the approved layouts is limited to somewhere around 60 cents of an acre the unauthorised layout developers will sell off more than 80 cents of land as it would not conform to the stipulated guidelines or zoning regulations there will no proper roads open spaces electricity lines and provision of other utilities in the unauthorised layouts said the urban planner these unauthorised layouts are not only limited to bhogapuram mandal where the proposed international airport is coming up but also to the entire district including denkada s kota pusapatirega etcthe sudden boom in layout development in vizianagaram district is attributed to a variety of reasons the proposed bhogapuram airport availability of affordable land visakhapatnam citys maximum growth towards northeast wards vizianagaram side etc a realestate developer from the city attributed a part of the reasons for people opting for unauthorised layouts to vuda is that the latter is limited to developing highend layouts the middleclass sections are lured by these unauthorised layouts as they can get a 100 square yard land at about rs 34 lakh but the buyers should check the credentials of the developers and other details before purchasing the plots he suggested