Hyderabad, April 7 -- The Telangana High Court has directed the state government not to dispossess petitioners from their lands until compensation is paid, in a case related to land acquisition for a proposed greenfield radial road project in Rangareddy district.

Background of the project

The proposed radial road is planned to connect the outer ring road at Mirkhanpet near Amangal to the upcoming Regional Ring Road (RRR). For this purpose, the government initiated land acquisition across multiple villages.

The acquisition covers about 554.34 acres in Kurmidda (Yacharam mandal), Mudwin (Kadtal mandal), and Amangal and Akuthotapalli villages in Amangal mandal.

Petitioners challenge land acquisition

A 98-year-old petitioner, Sripati Aha...