Telangana’s Future City to come up on 30,000 acres between Sagar and Srisailam highways

Telangana government announces fourth city will come up on 30,000 acres, Telangana tourism policy approved, and State cabinet adopts Mahila Shakti Mission policy.

After announcing its ambitious plans for creating the net zero fourth city, the State government has announced constitution of Future City Development Authority (FCDA).

The Future City would be developed on a sprawling 30,000-acre land between Srisailam and Nagarjunasagar highways. The proposed city will encompass 56 villages in seven mandals, including 36 villages presently under the purview of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority that will be brought under the purview of the FCDA.

The State Council of Ministers which met here allocated ₹90 crore for taking up development works in the proposed city. The Cabinet resolved to enhance the jurisdiction of the HMDA by two km taking its jurisdiction to 1,255 villages spread over 104 mandals in 11 districts. In the process, 332 revenue villages would be included in the HMDA limits.

The State Cabinet approved the tourism policy for Telangana, the first after the formation of the State. The Tourism Policy 2025-30 envisages full-scale development of 27 tourist places in the State. The new tourism policy had been designed in such a manner that the State would attract investment to the tune of ₹15,000 crore in the coming years, Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy said. The Cabinet had likewise resolved to make adequate arrangements for visitors from 140 countries who would arrive in the city for the Miss World 2025 contest slated in May this year.

The Cabinet adopted the Mahila Shakti Mission policy, an exclusive policy for financial empowerment and safety of women during its more than five hours meeting. The new policy envisages bringing women groups of rural and urban areas, hitherto enrolled under SERP and MEPMA, under one umbrella. It was also decided to enhance the retirement age of women of mahila groups from 60 to 65 years while the minimum age of joining the groups would be brought down from 18 to 15 years.

The Cabinet had discussed about the problems faced in the 10,954 revenue villages across the State after the previous BRS Government had scrapped the village revenue officers and village revenue assistants posts. It was resolved to restore the revenue administration in villages by appointment of administrative officers. “All the eligible VROs and VRAs will be appointed to the posts to streamline the administration at the grass root level,” the Minister said.