PRAYAGRAJ, March 13 -- Guest houses, dhabas, restaurants, resorts and petrol pumps etc can now be constructed within 500 metres radius along the under-construction ring road and Handia-Kokharaj bypass in Prayagraj.

Prayagraj Master Plan-2031 has got the green signal for commercial construction along the ring road and the bypass. After many amendments, the state government approved Prayagraj-Master Plan-2031 on Tuesday. Now the Prayagraj Development Authority (PDA) will approve development, and construction works only as per the Master Plan-2031, stated the PDA officials.

There was also a demand to convert residential properties to commercial ones along important routes in many areas of the city including Civil Lines. Landowners were mak...