BJP demands land-use freedom for farmers near ORR

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Telangana portion connected Wednesday (May 20, 2026) urged Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla to nonstop the Telangana authorities to revise the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) maestro program and allow conversion of farmers’ lands wrong the Outer Ring Road (ORR) into residential and mixed-use zones.

The enactment besides sought akin flexibility for farmers owning lands extracurricular the ORR, requesting that they beryllium allowed to alteration land-use zones based connected their needs. A delegation led by Medchal Urban territory president S. Malla Reddy, on with agrarian territory president B. Srinivas and Sangareddy territory president G. Anji Reddy, met the Governor and appealed for simplification of the land-use conversion process.

In a memorandum submitted to the Governor, the enactment leaders demanded that lands adjacent to the ORR beryllium provided with work roads. They besides called for expediting gathering permissions and highlighted the request for roadworthy implicit bridges astatine ORR work roads successful Gowdavelli, Ghatkesar, Shamshabad and Nagulapally.

Nearly 50,000 tiny and marginal farmers affected

Mr. Malla Reddy pointed retired that land-use zones person remained unchanged for the past 13 years, with lands owned by tiny and marginal farmers classified nether “conservation zones”, restricting construction. This, helium said, has adversely affected astir 50,000 people.

In contrast, helium alleged that lands owned by influential individuals autumn nether residential oregon multiple-use zones, enabling the operation of multi-storeyed buildings. “Why can’t farmers determine land-use zones beneficial to them? Why are restrictions imposed connected their lands erstwhile villages astir the ORR person already been turned into municipalities?” helium asked.

The BJP leaders besides noted that the authorities is allowing concern lands to beryllium converted into residential, commercialized and mixed-use categories nether the Hyderabad Industrial Lands Transformation (HILT) policy. They argued that akin benefits should beryllium extended to farmers. Emphasising the request for equitable land-use policies, they called for urgent amendments to the HMDA maestro program to code farmers’ concerns.