Bharat Future City: Land Acquisition, Compensation and Village-wise Status

How land is being acquired

The Future City Development Authority (FCDA) is not starting from a blank slate. The project, envisioned by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, will span 30,000 acres on the outskirts of Hyderabad, with 16,000 acres proposed to be acquired through land pooling, while 13,973 acres were acquired earlier for Hyderabad Pharma City and have now been repurposed for the Bharat Future City project.

Officials say the approach favours persuasion over compulsion. Official sources said the Chief Minister has directed officials to expedite land acquisition through persuasion rather than coercion, stressing fair and transparent compensation. Separately, Chief Minister Revanth Reddy has explicitly directed officials to pursue a persuasive and transparent land pooling process rather than forcing acquisitions.

For the land already taken under the earlier Pharma City project, the government is pursuing a legal route to repurpose it rather than acquire it afresh. The government plans to amend the purpose attached to thousands of acres acquired near Mucherla during the previous BRS regime, originally acquired exclusively for the Green Pharma City project, proposed to be reclassified under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 as an “Alternative and Higher Public Purpose”. Officials are reportedly preparing amendments to relevant rules and expect Cabinet approval shortly.

Where fresh private (patta) land is needed, the standard Land Acquisition Award process applies, run through the district collector as competent authority. In Yacharam mandal, a tahsildar described the sequence directly: “We have completed the survey as per the directions of higher authorities. The survey process will be completed once boundary stones are laid. The amount of compensation will be decided under the supervision of higher authorities.”

Current compensation rates

Compensation is not uniform across the project — it varies by parcel, location and whether the land is government/assigned or private patta.

• Standard package (core FCDA area): Farmers are being given 121-square-yard developed plots along with monetary compensation (approx. ₹16 lakh per acre), plus free registration facilitated by the government. This mirrors the earlier Pharma City formula: the government has approved the offer of 121-square-yard developed plots to each farmer, in addition to monetary compensation, on the lines of the earlier Pharma City model.
• Mucherla expansion (301 acres, May 2026): According to officials, compensation of up to Rs. 82 lakh per acre may be offered to affected landowners and farmers whose private patta land falls in the newly notified stretch near Mucherla village.
• Expressway land (Kongara Kalan/Khurd, near ORR): farmers in Kongara Kalan and Kongara Khurd villages near the Outer Ring Road (ORR) in Rangareddy district received compensation of up to Rs 1.24 crore per acre, making it among the highest payouts made by the state for a public infrastructure project. Farmers there argue even this trails the open market: “The market rate is between Rs 8 crore and Rs 10 crore per acre in Kongara Kalan and Kongara Khurd, abutting the ORR.”
• Enhancement route: Officials note that any upward revision beyond the deposited award goes through the courts, not negotiation: “We have deposited compensation with the authority. Any enhancement of compensation will be decided by the authority judge.”

Rising payouts on the expressway stretch have implications elsewhere: the rising payouts have raised concerns that landowners in other project zones could seek similar rates, potentially increasing acquisition costs across future infrastructure projects.

Villages and mandals covered

The wider FCDA jurisdiction, as reported, spans about 30,000 acres covering seven mandals and 56 villages. This is the successor footprint to the earlier, narrower Pharma City acquisition.

Reporting on active farmer resistance names four villages specifically: farmers from at least four major villages—Medipally, Nanaknagar, Tatiparthy, and Kurmidda—in the adjoining Ranga Reddy district are actively putting up resistance against land acquisition for the project. Other named locations tied to specific acquisition actions include Mucherla village (site of the 301-acre TGIIC expansion), Kothapalli (where about 2,200 acres in Kothapalli within the mandal limits are being surveyed and readied for transfer to the project), and Kongara Kalan/Kongara Khurd (expressway land near the ORR).

Budget allocated

No single, consolidated land-acquisition budget for the whole FCDA project has been published as of July 2026. The figures available are tied to specific components:

• The greenfield expressway linking Future City to the ORR and RRR — the proposed 300-foot-wide greenfield expressway linking Raviryal, Meerkhanpet and Amangal, a key transport corridor intended to support Future City and emerging industrial zones in the region, is estimated to cost around Rs 4,600 crore and is being executed in two phases.
• Compensation specifically for that expressway alone: officials estimate that compensation payments alone for the expressway will exceed Rs 250 crore.
• In the state's 2026–27 budget speech, the Bharat Future City project was announced as part of long-term urban expansion, alongside connectivity works, but the project will include radial road connectivity, a greenfield national highway linking the city to Machilipatnam port, underground electricity systems and environmentally sustainable infrastructure without a standalone land-acquisition allocation being specified in budget coverage.

Because a dedicated, project-wide land acquisition outlay has not been reported, this page will be updated once the FCDA or state government publishes a consolidated figure.

Disputes and farmer negotiations

Resistance is concentrated in villages that were originally acquired for Pharma City and have since been carried over to Future City. A recurring grievance is the sense of betrayal after Congress leaders had opposed the original project: “They walked with us, they told us our lands would remain ours,” said Kundarapu Narayana, a farmer belonging to the Anti-Pharma City Struggle Committee. “Today, those same leaders advise us to take the compensation money and buy land somewhere far away” he lamented.

Court stays are a live issue: the protesting farmers from four villages had obtained stay orders from the High Court against land acquisition for laying a greenfield road project — a part of the pharma city and now the Future City project. Officially, disputes are quantified at 432 acres of patta land that are under court litigation within Yacharam, Kandukur and Kadthal mandals.

Tensions escalated on the ground as recently as July 2026: tension prevailed in Medipalli and Kurmaddi villages of Yacharam mandal in Rangareddy district when revenue officials, along with police, tried to take possession of farmers' land as part of land acquisition for the Bharat Future City project, with officials seen ploughing the land using a JCB, while the farmers strongly resisted the action, claiming there was a stay issued by a court.

A farmer from Kurmidda captured the equity concern raised across the affected villages: “Why must small farmers owning one or two acres be the ones to sacrifice everything?,” said Panga Anasuya, a farmer from Kurmidda.

The state has acknowledged the compensation complaints. At a public event, at the foundation stone-laying ceremony for the Future City Development Authority building, the Chief Minister said some farmers are unhappy that they did not receive proper compensation. In response, the government is weighing extra relief: proposals under consideration include allotment of developed flats within Future City or additional compensation packages, and officials believe such measures could help reduce both legal and political disputes linked to the land acquisition process.

Current stage (as of July 2026)

As of early July 2026, the picture is mixed: acquisition is reported substantially complete in the original three mandals, while fresh expansion and legal clean-up work continue elsewhere.

• Core mandals: Officials said land acquisition in Yacharam, Kandukur and Kadthal mandals was largely complete, with disputes pending only over 432 acres of patta land that are under court litigation.
• Government/assigned land transfer: Surveys are ongoing to hand over government and assigned parcels to TGIIC, including about 2,200 acres in Kothapalli within the mandal limits being surveyed and readied for transfer, with surveys conducted in Survey Nos. 32, 178, 182, 222, 242 and 317 to identify government and assigned land parcels.
• Expansion notified: The Telangana government has initiated steps to acquire an additional 301 acres of land for the expansion of Bharat Future City near Mucherla village in Rangareddy district, with revenue authorities issuing a land acquisition notification on May 29 and preparing to conduct a Gram Sabha before proceeding.
• Legal reclassification pending: The state is still working through a legal mechanism to formally repurpose old Pharma City land for Future City use, with a revised affidavit likely to be filed before the High Court in cases related to the land acquisition.
• On-ground friction persists: The July 1, 2026 standoff in Medipalli and Kurmaddi shows that possession-taking in some villages is still actively contested despite the "largely complete" status reported for the wider mandals.