Hyderabad affordable housing for auto-rickshaw workers has received a major push, with the Telangana government permitting the Housing Board to develop 2,000 Economic Weaker Sections (EWS) flats under a new scheme called Auto Nagar Colony.
The proposed housing scheme will be developed at four locations in the CURE area. The government has authorised the Telangana Housing Board to adopt the guidelines and conditions applicable to Indiramma Indlu–Towers, including beneficiary eligibility, financial assistance, reservation provisions, selection and allotment procedures.
The permission carries a specific condition: the beneficiaries must be auto-rickshaw workers. This makes the proposal an occupation-specific affordable housing initiative, rather than a general EWS housing project. The government has asked the Housing Board to proceed with implementation of the scheme and undertake further action towards taking it forward.
The indicative project cost has been placed at Rs. 220 crore. At the proposed scale, this amounts to an indicative average of about Rs. 11 lakh per flat, although the final cost structure will depend on the detailed project reports, financial proposals, land conditions and technical assessment. The figure is therefore not a confirmed final per-unit construction cost.
The Housing Board will first have to verify land availability, site suitability and technical feasibility at the proposed locations. Detailed project reports and financial proposals are to be submitted after these checks. The available information does not specify the exact sites, construction timeline, built-up area, number of towers or the financial assistance amount available to each beneficiary.
The decision links the proposed Auto Nagar Colony scheme to the framework already used for Indiramma Indlu–Towers. That means the Housing Board is expected to follow the same broad administrative processes for eligibility, reservations, beneficiary selection and allotment, while applying the special beneficiary condition for auto-rickshaw workers.
For Hyderabad’s auto-rickshaw workers, the scheme could provide access to formal housing through a targeted public programme. However, eligibility, allotment and delivery will depend on the subsequent verification process and the detailed proposals that the Housing Board submits to the government. The approval at this stage establishes permission to take up the scheme; it does not yet provide a construction completion date or confirm allotments to individual workers.
The next formal steps are the verification of land availability, site suitability and technical feasibility, followed by the preparation and submission of detailed project reports and financial proposals by the Telangana Housing Board.
