Bengaluru - Vijayawada Expressway

Land acquisition Section 3A 3D notifications under the National Highways Act 1956 are the only legal trigger that fixes a parcel inside the alignment. Anything sold to you on the basis of a "DPR map" or a "proposed alignment" without 3A/3D publication has no acquisition status and offers no compensation entitlement. The DPR itself flagged a real example: at the Kodikonda start point, the Enforcement Directorate had notice boards declaring that Lepakshi Knowledge Hub Pvt Ltd plots were attached in a money laundering case.

The fact-pack on what each acquisition stage permits, drawn from the NHAI DPR and NH Act 1956.

The Andhra Pradesh-specific trap is the brokerage of agricultural plots in Sri Sathya Sai YSR Kadapa Prakasam revenue villages along the proposed alignment, where 3A is yet to be published. Buyers assume they will be acquired at 4x rural market value under the 2013 Act. The reality: NHAI uses the NH Act 1956 award process, and the rate per acre depends on the registered Sub-Registrar value, not market rate. If the broker shows you only a "DPR sketch" without a 3A Gazette reference, walk away.

The expressway is split between a 343 km Kodikonda to Addanki greenfield core (64% of the project) and brownfield upgrades on connecting segments (36%). The DPR alignment passes existing reserved forests (Amagondapalem, Kottakota, Errokota, Nagidi, Kokkarajukonda, Dorigallu) and PGCIL high-voltage corridors. Plot demand is concentrated within 2-5 km of proposed interchanges, where the brokerage premium is highest and the regulatory risk is most concentrated.

The corridors most asked about, mapped against the DPR alignment.

The most misunderstood corridor is the Pulivendula Kadapa Podili Addanki belt where speculative agricultural plot sales have surged since DPR publication. NHAI's DPR Alternative III recommendation explicitly avoided commercial land in Kodur village (70-80% costlier than Settipalli) and HT line shifting. Buyers chasing 5-acre plots near proposed interchanges should verify whether the parcel sits in the recommended Alternative III alignment, in a discarded alternative, or outside the corridor entirely. Three different alignment options were studied; not all parcels marketed as "expressway frontage" actually fall on the awarded alignment.