Property owners and small businesses likely to be affected by the proposed NH-44 elevated corridor through Secunderabad Cantonment have sought legally admissible compensation and replacement facilities from the Telangana government.
Jampana Pratap, vice-president of the All India Cantonment Boards Association, raised the demand with Hyderabad in-charge Minister Ponnam Prabhakar during the minister’s visit to Secunderabad Cantonment on Friday. Pratap submitted a representation on behalf of property owners affected by the proposed corridor between Paradise Circle and Dairy Farm, Suchitra.
The representation said the affected people included ordinary residents, householders and small shopkeepers who had been associated with the locality for several decades. Pratap urged the state government to ensure that the affected property owners received fair compensation and legally admissible benefits, while protecting them from what he described as avoidable hardship arising from the infrastructure project.
The proposed elevated corridor is planned along National Highway-44, one of the key road connections through the Secunderabad Cantonment area. The material supplied in the report does not specify the number of properties likely to be acquired or affected, the project’s construction schedule, the land acquisition status, or the compensation formula being considered by the authorities.
Pratap also demanded that the government sanction Rs 1 crore for, or construct at government cost, three equivalent replacement buildings. The demand relates to the loss of Cantonment Playground buildings at New Bowenpally, which he said would be affected by the corridor project.
The representation was made during Prabhakar’s visit following an invitation from Cantonment MLA G Sri Ganesh. The minister was visiting the area to raise voter awareness about the Graduate MLC elections when the association raised the compensation issue.
The demands place rehabilitation and public-asset replacement alongside the corridor’s transport objectives. For residents and businesses located along the proposed alignment, the immediate concerns are the extent of the impact, the legal basis for compensation, the treatment of existing buildings and the arrangements for replacement facilities.
The report does not record a response from the minister or provide details of any government decision on the demands. The next steps will depend on the state government’s response, the final project alignment, the identification of affected properties and the compensation and rehabilitation measures approved for the corridor.
