Bullet train, 796 acres, and one missing land record
Bahadurguda farmers are seeking pattas or compensation as Telangana moves to acquire land for a proposed transport hub. KTR has promised a BRS fight; the government has published figures, but not yet enough paperwork to end the argument.
The proposed transport hub has figures; the paperwork is still awaited.
The Bahadurguda land dispute has acquired a bullet-train label, a 796.28-acre notification and the usual shortage of documents available to the people being asked to move.
Farmers near Shamshabad say they have cultivated parts of the land for decades and want pattas or compensation. Revenue and HYDRAA officials attempted to fence land in July, triggering a confrontation and police detentions, according to multiple reports. A September report said the acquisition covers 650 acres recorded as government land and 146.28 acres recorded as private land, for a proposed bullet-train corridor and integrated mobility hub. The government has reportedly offered 500 square yards per acre; another report cited 600 square yards. Even the rehabilitation number appears to need rehabilitation.
At a September 28 meeting, BRS working president K. T. Rama Rao accused the Congress government of using the project’s name for a real-estate operation and demanded its land records. He said 4,000 police personnel had been sent to farmers’ homes, but that figure is not independently confirmed. His attribution of a remark by Congress MLA T. Prakash Goud about farmers throwing stones is also unverified. Neither the police deployment record, the acquisition notification nor the High Court order cited in reporting was available in the material reviewed. The government’s paperwork is now the main participant in the protest, and it has not yet turned up.