RRR Oustee Gets Rs 1.27 Crore/Acre Compensation

 Hyderabad: Land oustees affected by the Hyderabad Regional Ring Road (RRR) northern segment project are receiving record compensation from the government, with the highest payout touching Rs 1.27 crore per acre for land abutting National Highway 65 (Mumbai Highway) in Peddapur of Sadashivpet mandal in Sangareddy district.

Compensation disbursal has gathered pace, with land parcels slightly away from the highway in the same village fetching Rs 1.01 crore per acre. The lowest compensation of Rs 16 lakh per acre has been fixed for land in Doultabad of Hathnoora mandal, located far from the highway.

For the RRR project, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) identified a requirement of 526 acres under the Sangareddy Competent Authority for Land Acquisition (CALA) limits. So far, land acquisition awards for 427 acres across 23 villages have been approved, and Rs 119.50 crore has been credited to the accounts of affected farmers.

Despite this, protests have surfaced, prompting revenue officials to conduct arbitration meetings with farmers to address their concerns. Officials clarified that compensation is being calculated based on registration values derived from recent land transactions.

Speaking to Deccan Chronicle, Sangareddy RDO Gunnala Rajender said the NHAI followed two methods — basic value and sale value — and farmers had sought compensation based on sale value. He explained that under Section 26(1) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, compensation must be determined based on the highest among government land value, average sale price of similar land in nearby areas, or mutually agreed value, typically up to four times the sale value of the preceding three years.

Rajender said that in the case of RRR land in Sangareddy district, compensation was largely fixed based on the average sale value of the last three years, especially as land prices are higher along the national highway.

The RDO added that the government was making efforts to ensure maximum possible compensation to displaced farmers, with payouts already enhanced by nearly 250 per cent over registration values. Following representations from farmers seeking higher compensation, arbitration meetings are underway, and there is a possibility of a further increase in compensation.