The farmers who were assigned lands in the past by successive governments are in a dilemma on whether to surrender their lands to the authorities or not.
The lands of these farmers were spread across the Hyderabad surroundings under Hyderabad Metro Development Authority (HMDA) limits. Once, these are the lands in villages and now the HMDA has spread to this extent making these lands costlier. The land rates are anywhere between ₹2 crore and ₹5 crore per acre.
As these lands are assigned to farmers, maybe three four decades ago in some cases, the families of farmers can only enjoy them by cultivating but they can never sell them as it was illegal. In view of the city spreading fast in all directions, the officials have decided to pool lands from the farmers and make a residential lay-out so that encumbrance free lands will be available to the buyer.
