FCDA Begins Building Permissions for Future City
Authority becomes fully operational; HQ work progresses, and approvals to speed up development
Hyderabad: The Future City Development Authority (FCDA) has begun issuing layout and building permissions, marking a major step in accelerating development in the Bharat Future City on the city outskirts. With the authority fully operational, construction activity has gathered momentum.
Nearly 40 per cent of the construction work on the FCDA headquarters at Mirkhanpet in Kandukur mandal of Rangareddy district has been completed. Sources said the basement and pillar works had been finished and the building will be ready by the February 2026 deadline set by Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy.
The permanent office is coming up on 7.5 acres in Survey No.112, within the FCDA’s jurisdiction. Until the building is completed, the authority will function from a temporary office at the Hyderabad Growth Corridor Limited (HGCL) premises in Nanakramguda.
Revanth Reddy had laid the foundation stone for the FCDA building in the last week of September, along with the proposed Greenfield Radial Road-1 connecting Kongarakalan to Amangal. The government has set February as the deadline. The road project is expected to improve connectivity to Future City and spur real estate and industrial development in the surrounding areas.
The government, which showcased Bharat Future City to delegates during the Telangana Rising Global Summit, is working on plans to attract global Fortune 500 companies to establish operations in the region. Officials said land allotments to various institutions and enterprises in Future City are likely to begin soon.
Established in March this year, the 765-sq km FCDA, created to oversee the planned development of Future City, covers 56 villages across Amangal, Ibrahimpatnam, Kadthal, Kandukur, Maheshwaram and Manchala mandals. Of these, 36 villages were earlier under the HMDA and 20 under the Directorate of Town and Country Planning (DTCP).
Initially, despite the transfer of villages to FCDA, the layout and building approvals continued to be issued by HMDA and DTCP. With systems now in place, FCDA has started accepting and processing applications for open plot layouts and residential buildings.
The online “BuildNow” platform is being upgraded to ensure that all applications within FCDA limits are automatically routed to the authority.
The Chief Minister is the chairman of the FCDA, with the municipal administration minister serving as vice-chairman. The government has sanctioned 36 posts, appointed IAS officer K. Shashanka as first FCDA commissioner, and fully established the planning wing. Officials said the alignment of rules applicable beyond the Outer Ring Road under HMDA with those of FCDA will bring uniformity and faster clearances, further boosting development activity in Future City.
