Naimish Nagar Yojna: Land Acquisition, Compensation and Current Status

What is Naimish Nagar Yojna

Naimish Nagar Yojna (also called Naimish Nagar Township, and referred to in one official release as the Naimisharanya Integrated Township Project) is a residential scheme being developed by the Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) on Sitapur Road/IIM Road in the northern part of Lucknow. The LDA's own project page describes the scheme as spread over 3681.6872 acres, identifying approximately 1486.689 hectares of land across 18 villages in B.K.T. Tehsil.

The proposed Naimish Nagar Yojna on Sitapur Road, spread over an area of 3681.6872 acres, will develop into a model of development, giving a new identity to the northern part of Lucknow, and approximately 1486.689 hectares of land across 18 villages in B.K.T. Tehsil has been identified for the Naimish Nagar Yojna. The Naimish Nagar scheme will provide residential facilities to approximately 3 lakh people. Note that news reports have carried different area figures at different times — the project spans 1,084 hectares according to an August 2025 report, while a September 2025 report put it at approximately 1,500 hectares across 18 villages, and an October 2025 report described the requirement as about 3670 acres of land across 18 villages — figures readers should treat as evolving rather than final.

Acquisition model: consent-based, not land pooling

Unlike LDA's IT City and Wellness City schemes, Naimish Nagar does not use a land-pooling model. Land for the project will be acquired through consent-based agreements under the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) approved by the LDA board. LDA Secretary Vivek Srivastava confirmed that the acquisition is consent-based and governed by a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), with arrangements made for immediate compensation upon submission of landowner consent letters.

Property guides tracking the scheme describe the mechanism in the same terms: LDA is directly buying land from farmers through consent-based acquisition (बैनामे), and farmers are receiving cash payments, unlike IT City. LDA is buying land from farmers on a consent basis — this is not an IT City or Wellness City-style land pooling scheme.

Compensation reported so far

No official, per-hectare or per-bigha compensation rate schedule for Naimish Nagar has been published in the reporting reviewed for this page — only aggregate payment figures tied to specific transactions. On the acquisition's launch day, LDA vice-chairperson Prathamesh Kumar invited three farmers to the authority's office and handed them compensation cheques worth ₹2.3 crore, an event also confirmed in English-language coverage: LDA Vice President Prathamesh Kumar led the ceremonial compensation handover, inviting farmers to the LDA office and distributing cheques worth Rs. 2.3 crore.

Farmers are paid directly rather than through pooled-land certificates: LDA is continuously contacting farmers and getting land registered (bainama) on a consent basis, with the full payment sent directly to farmers' bank accounts. As of early acquisition, uptake was still limited — so far, 200 bighas of land have received consent letters, and more farmers from surrounding villages are expressing interest (September 2025). By April 2026, the pace had picked up: over 2,500 farmers have officially submitted consent letters for 430 hectares of land along IIM Road, and a separate Hindi report from the same period noted the authority has already completed bainama for 150 hectares of the 1,486-hectare scheme, with farmers having submitted consent letters for another 430 hectares, taking the total secured to around 580 hectares (translated from Hindi original). No uniform per-unit rate figure (₹ per bigha/hectare) has been disclosed in any of the sources reviewed; this page will be updated if LDA publishes one.

Villages covered

LDA's own scheme page and most news coverage put the count at 18 villages, all in BKT (Bakshi Ka Talab) tehsil of Lucknow district: Bhauli, Lakshmipur, Purba Gaon, Purva, Sairpur, Farrukhabad, Kodri Bhauli, Kamalabad, Kamalapur, Palhari, Gopramou, Barumou, Dhatingra, Saidapur, Paschim Gaon, Dhobaila, Umrabhari, and Duggaur.

The first project site office was set up in one of these villages: construction started with the establishment of the first site office at Purva village in Bakshi Ka Talab.

Some real-estate guides instead group the land under 14 named villages/clusters — Bhiti: Saipur, Kamalpur, Dhatingra, Umarbhari; Lakshmipur: Farrukhabad, Palhari, Saidapur, Duggaur; Purab Village: Kodri Bhiti, Gopramau, Paschim Village, Dhobaila; Purwa: Kamalabad, Barumau, Shobela — which appears to be a re-grouping of largely the same set of hamlets rather than a different official count. Given the discrepancy between the LDA site's "18 villages" and secondary sources' "14 villages," the 18-village figure from LDA's own page and multiple news reports is treated here as the more reliable count.

Budget allocated

The estimated cost for land acquisition is approximately ₹4,785 crore, which has been approved by the Authority Board. This figure is repeated consistently across LDA's official project pages and independent news coverage, including a report that the Authority Board has approved an estimated Rs 4,785 crore for land acquisition. This budget covers land acquisition and associated costs; it is separate from any later construction/infrastructure spending for roads, drainage, schools and other amenities planned for the township.

Disputes and farmer negotiations

The scheme has faced organised farmer resistance over compensation. In September 2025, farmers in Sairpur village (BKT tehsil) held a mahapanchayat: villagers refused outright to hand over agricultural land, insisting on a demand for uniform compensation, with the core grievance being that the issue for farmers protesting LDA's Naimish Nagar scheme is inequality in the land-acquisition compensation rates (translated from the Hindi original). Hundreds of farmers reportedly resolved not to give up their cultivable land to LDA, and said their agitation would continue until a uniform-compensation demand was accepted; some had earlier petitioned the Chief Minister to relocate the scheme elsewhere.

To manage the friction, LDA opened a dedicated liaison point: the first site office in Purva village was set up to assist villagers with land-acquisition and compensation matters. Separately, in October 2025 LDA moved to stop third-party land sales in the affected villages after finding some farmers registering land with private buyers instead of the authority — a step officials said was needed to protect the scheme's progress. LDA's vice-chairperson said around 18,532 farmers must execute land-sale deeds (bainama) in the authority's favour for Naimish Nagar (compared with about 22,403 farmers for the adjacent Varun Vihar scheme), giving a sense of the scale of consent still required.

Current stage (as of April 2026)

As of April 2026, acquisition and preparatory infrastructure work are proceeding in parallel. LDA Vice Chairman Prathamesh Kumar said the authority is proceeding with land acquisition and infrastructure development simultaneously to prevent delays, with the project spanning a total of 1,486 hectares designed to accommodate nearly two lakh residents. LDA has indicated plot registrations are being planned in phases: one report cited plot registrations for two sectors expected to open by September 2026, while an earlier timeline had targeted a scheme launch on June 30, 2026, with the 2,504-acre township on IIM Road and Sitapur Road offering plots priced between ₹2,500 and ₹3,000 per sq ft. A more recent April 2026 report said LDA is preparing to launch registration in September, opening registration for two sectors in the first phase at a land rate of around three thousand rupees per square foot (translated from Hindi original), indicating the timeline has slipped from the earlier June target. Prospective buyers should treat all launch dates as provisional until LDA issues a formal notification, since — as one property guide notes — no public lottery has been announced yet; land blessing will happen first, then registration will open in a later phase.