Bhubaneswar: The urban development authority will introduce its renewed amnesty scheme for people looking to regularise unauthorised constructions made on their land anywhere in the city by June.

Chief secretary A.P. Padhi chaired a meeting on April 19 to finalise the scheme's modalities, and it was decided to reintroduce the scheme for Bhubaneswar and Odisha's seven other development authorities.

Under the scheme, illegal structures made on adjacent lands will not be demolished, but rather regularised. An application in this regard has to be submitted, and the development authority will charge a certain fee for the service.

The scheme was introduced in 2001, but dropped in 2008. "We discussed the draft scheme and will modify some details before its introduction," said a Bhubaneswar Development Authority official.

A compounding fee will be collected from applicants, which will later be utilised to develop infrastructure. The fees will be fixed according to the benchmark value of the land in question and be different for areas, cities and towns.

"The scheme has been drafted keeping in view the fire safety norms for special types of buildings such as high-rise, educational and institutional as well as Assembly buildings, including hospitals and clinical establishments," said development authority vice-chairman Krishan Kumar.

Bail trouble for Raja

Gangster Raja Acharya faces a hurdle in getting release from jail after Orissa High Court granted him bail as police have decided to move the court to seek cancellation of the order. "We will file a petition seeking its cancellation," said police commissioner Y.B. Khurania.