RRR Oustee Gets ₹1.27cr Compensation For Acre
The lowest compensation of ₹16 lakh per acre has been fixed for land in Doultabad of Hathnoora mandal, located far from the highway.
Hyderabad: Land oustees affected by the Hyderabad Regional Ring Road (RRR) northern segment project are receiv ing record compensation from the government, with the highest payout touch ing ₹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 ₹1.01 crore per acre. The lowest compensation of ₹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 ₹119.50 crore has been credited to the accounts of affected farmers. Despite this, protests have surfaced, prompting revenue officials to con duct arbitration meetings with farmers to address their concerns. Officials clarified that compensa tion is being calculated based on registration val ues 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, Rehabili tation and Resettlement Act, 2013, compensation must be determined based on the highest among gov ernment land value, aver age sale price of similar land in nearby areas, or mutually agreed value, typ ically up to four times the sale value of the preceding three years. Rajender said that in the case of RRR land in Sangareddy district, com pensation 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 high er compensation, arbitra tion meetings are under way, and there is a possi bility of a further increase in compensation.
