Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) has relaxed norms for the construction of houses on small plots under its jurisdiction in the Capital City as the authority has notified standard building plans for the low-risk building category on Friday.
As per the said provision, the plot owners having a standard size residential plots in an approved Layout or Government Residential Scheme plots of BDA, G.A. Department or OSHB or on a final plot in Town Planning Scheme are not required to wait for any building plan approval and they can construct their buildings as per Standard Building Plan only after submitting a form in BDA/BMC office with specified fees.