• Farmers in Koheda village, Rangareddy district, opposed the government’s move to acquire land for a proposed fruit market and Sub-Registrar office.
• Revenue Department and Market Committee officials arrived with earthmovers to begin work, but farmers, including women, stopped them from entering the fields.
• An elderly woman lay in front of an earthmover during the protest.
• Heated arguments broke out, and officials eventually left without proceeding.
• The government reportedly planned to acquire 179 acres in Survey No. 167/1 at Koheda.
• Farmers said they had cultivated the land for generations and that the dispute is pending in court.
• They demanded fair compensation and an additional 500 square yards of land for residential purposes.
• They also questioned why the government was acquiring this land when 179 acres had already been allotted earlier for the Batasingaram fruit market in Survey Nos. 548 and 507.
• Farmers said those lands were free from litigation, but the allotment was later cancelled after the Congress government came to power and the land was handed over to TGIIC for food processing units.

Telangana Agriculture minister Tummala Nageswara Rao reaffirmed the state government's commitment to constructing a world-class fruit market at Koheda in Rangareddy district.

• BRS deputy floor leader T Harish Rao accused the Congress government of trying to divert nearly 200 acres allotted for the Koheda fruit market in Hyderabad.
• He warned Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy against shifting the project and alleged the land could be handed to political cronies.
• Harish Rao said land was available and Rs 350 crore had already been allocated, but construction had not started.
• He said the earlier BRS government envisioned a world-class integrated market with fruit, flower and fish storage and sale facilities.
• According to him, land acquisition was completed, compensation paid, funds deposited and a DPR prepared for a Rs 1,000-crore project.
• He cited legal hurdles and High Court stay orders against shifting the market to disputed DILL (Deccan Infrastructure and Land Holdings Limited) lands.
• He alleged plans to transfer Koheda fruit market land to TGIIC for eventual allocation to private players.
• BRS leader P. Sabitha Indra Reddy said the government was eyeing prime Koheda and Nadargul land to generate nearly Rs 10,000 crore.
• LB Nagar MLA D. Sudheer Reddy said 170 acres were acquired and a Rs 350-crore project approved when the market was shifted from Gaddiannaram to Koheda to reduce congestion and pollution.
• He said the current government was trying to repurpose the land for food processing units.
• Former MLA Manchireddy Kishan Reddy said the land was acquired solely for the fruit market and alleged attempts to monetise it.

The Koheda Global Green Market project approved by the Telangana government will establish a world-class integrated wholesale market on nearly 200 acres in Koheda near Hayathnagar. In 2021, the previous government temporarily shifted the fruit market from Kothapet to Batasingaram with plans for a Koheda market, but failed to produce a detailed project report (DPR). The Congress government has now approved the DPR.

Project Details:

• Estimated cost: Rs 2,890 crore
• Development modes: Build-design-turnkey (EPC) on 168 acres, public-private partnership (PPP) on 31 acres
• EPC mode completion: 2 years; PPP mode to follow
• Commodities: fruits, flowers, dairy, frozen items, dry fruits, meat, seafood, poultry

Facilities:

• Four auction halls with 44 mezzanine shops
• 396 retail shops for apples, pomegranates, oranges, guava, grapes, imported fruits
• Drive-thru market for watermelon, muskmelon, papaya, pineapple
• Dedicated space for importers and exporters
• Two petrol pumps
• Tower of Excellence with four commercial floors, helipad, six high-speed lifts
• Admin building, testing labs, skill development centre
• Farmers rest house
• Solid waste treatment management
• Irradiation, vapour heat treatment, hot water treatment facilities

Projections by 2047:

• Market arrivals increase from 4.83 lakh metric tonnes to 13.62 LMTs
• Annual transaction value growth from Rs 1,206 crore to Rs 4,100 crore
• Foundation stone laying set shortly
• Current Batasingaram facility costs Rs 70 lakh monthly in rents; project will improve market revenue.

HYDRAA officials demolished unauthorised structures - a farmhouse, walls and fencing - in Koheda, Abdullapurmet mandal, Rangareddy district. 170 encroached-upon plots including parks, roads and open spaces were reclaimed. Demolition followed complaints from plot owners including the Radhe Dham Layout Plot Owners Welfare Association alleging that Sammireddy Balreddy had encroached on their plots in gram panchayat layout (Survey Nos. 951 and 952) and blocked roads with barrier walls. The village panchayat layout was established in 1986 by landowners K Ramulu, Peddaiah and Isaiyya. Balreddy allegedly encroached on the land, built a farmhouse and obstructed internal roads. HYDRAA issued notices to both parties. After reviewing records, Thukkuguda municipal authorities confirmed there was no permission to construct farmhouses, sheds, walls or fencing. Plot owners alleged Balreddy falsely claimed ownership and sold them as plots. The HYDRAA commissioner ordered demolition of unauthorised structures. Demolition was being carried out while high court was hearing a case on the matter.