LDA Publicly Releases Wellness City Master Layout on Sultanpur Road

What the LDA decided

Lucknow is all set to witness the development of 'Wellness City', a large-scale residential and commercial project developed by the Lucknow Development Authority (LDA), spread over 1,199 acres on Sultanpur Road, this Rs 1,441-crore project aims to redefine urban living with world-class facilities, eco-friendly infrastructure and a strong focus on healthcare. One report on the same announcement put the footprint at 1,300 acres and with an estimated investment of ₹1,441.26 crore, indicating the figure was still being finalised at the time of release. The project is expected to be completed within the next two years, with development work starting soon.

Land-use allocation fixed by the layout

The layout made public on December 12, 2024 divided the township into distinct use zones:

• Direct-sale plots: around 2,000 premium plots, ranging from 700 to 3,000 square feet, will be developed across 77 acres, sold directly by the LDA.
• Group housing: flats i.e. group housing will be built in 362.4 acres, whose number will be more than 10000. The Lucknow Development Authority will not develop this group housing itself — this development will be done by the private sector, which will buy the group-housing plots from LDA through auction.
• Healthcare zone: around 150 acres will be dedicated to hospitals, including a super-specialty facility and a medical college, along with a Vipassana Centre and meditation spaces, plus a large medicine market relocating Lucknow's existing Aminabad pharmaceutical hub.
• Commercial: 57.10 acres of land has been reserved for commercial use — about 5% of the land — for shopping malls, markets and shopping complexes.
• Parks and green belt: a lot of land is being left for parks and green belts, which will be 200.53 acres — described elsewhere as roughly 17% of the area to greenery, including sprawling parks covering 204 acres.
• Roads: the city will feature wide, well-planned roads across 253 acres, addressing common complaints about congestion in other colonies.
• Utilities and services: public utilities such as powerhouses, tube wells, and petrol pumps will occupy 45 acres, while 48 acres have been allocated for service areas to streamline urban infrastructure.

Land acquisition and farmer compensation terms

At the time of the layout release, land assembly was already advanced. LDA Vice-President Prathamesh Kumar revealed that the land acquisition process is nearing completion, with farmers receiving compensation double the urban circle rate, along with developed plots. Development is set to begin soon, adhering to international standards for infrastructure and urban planning.

Property-advisory sources reporting on the project subsequently named six villages under acquisition — Bakkas, Charahiya, Chairasi, Malukpur, Dularmau, and Noorpur Behta in Mohanlalganj tehsil — though this village list is not confirmed directly in the original December 2024 LDA statements and should be verified against LDA records before relying on it.

Where this fits in LDA's broader township programme

Wellness City was announced alongside a set of other LDA township schemes. The project is part of LDA's larger push to build four brand-new townships in Lucknow — alongside IT City, Anant Nagar (Education City), and Prabandhnagar — all approved by LDA Chairperson and Divisional Commissioner Roshan Jacob. Wellness City sits on the same Sultanpur Road corridor as LDA's much larger IT City scheme, which is a separate, distinct project.

Status update: reported changes since the December 2024 announcement

Real-estate advisory sites tracking the project through 2026 report a larger footprint and further execution steps than were stated at the original December 2024 release, though these later figures come from secondary property-marketing sources rather than a confirmed LDA notification and should be treated with caution:

• Some 2026 reports describe the township as spanning 1,474 acres (≈ 2,377 Bigha) rather than the 1,199–1,300 acres cited at the December 2024 briefing — this is an unverified expansion/revision, not confirmed on LDA's own project page as of this writing.
• Advisory sources report that a ₹225 crore infrastructure tender has already been issued covering internal roads, sewage systems, water supply, electrification, and drainage.
• Field-level activity has reportedly begun: LDA has established field offices at Bakkas and Mastemau to facilitate physical possession and demarcation for allottees, and internal 45-meter and 30-meter road marking has commenced.
• LDA's own project page describes Wellness City in general terms: Wellness City is an ambitious project being undertaken by the Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) to promote health-centric urban living, located along the Shaheed Path corridor, envisioned as a holistic township with multi-specialty hospitals, wellness and fitness centers.
• No official LDA plot-price notification or lottery date had been confirmed as of the sources reviewed; commentary suggesting price ranges or a 2026 lottery timeline comes from third-party property blogs, not an LDA notification, and is explicitly marked by at least one such source as an estimate: official prices have not been announced; LDA sources suggest an estimated range of ₹4,000–₹4,200 per sq ft for LDA launch pricing.

Readers should treat the 1,199–1,300 acre figure and the December 2024 land-use percentages as the confirmed decision record, and treat later acreage, pricing or timeline figures as unconfirmed unless verified directly against ldalucknow.in or an official LDA press notification.

Practical effect of the decision

The layout release converted Wellness City from a broad concept into a zoned plan: it fixed how much land goes to LDA-sold individual plots versus developer-built group housing, ring-fenced a large healthcare and institutional precinct (including relocating Aminabad's medicine market), and set aside close to a fifth of the township for parks and green space. For landowners in the acquisition villages, it confirmed the compensation formula (double circle rate plus a developed plot). For prospective buyers, it means individual LDA plots (77 acres) and private-builder flats (362 acres) are governed by different sale routes — direct LDA plot sale versus a private developer buying auctioned land from LDA and then selling flats.