PRAYAGRAJ, June 6 -- To put a check on land mafia indulging in illegal plotting of land in low lying areas besides on the outskirts of the city, the Prayagraj Development Authority (PDA) has prepared a list of such illegal plotting of land being done in identified areas of the city.

According to zonal officer of Zone 2 of the development authority Vinay Kumar Diwedi, illegal plotting is a growing problem for PDA, which the land sharks carry out without a sanctioned map of the development authority.

"We do not demolish houses constructed illegally without a proper sanctioned map of PDA. We only seal such under-construction houses and make owners of such buildings get a map sanctioned from the development authority. We also do not have an...