Farmers remain unaware as investors rush to buy land along the proposed greenfield route.
A map of the proposed greenfield highway between Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and Pune has gone viral on social media even before its official release, triggering an unexpected land rush, as per reports in Sakal.
The leak has set off a wave of large-scale land purchases by investors and builders, while most local farmers remain unaware that the upcoming expressway may cut directly through their fields.
Brokers in the region claim the interest has been unprecedented. Several builders from Pune and Mumbai are reportedly closing “two to three deals every day,” with land prices rising sharply to anywhere between ₹2.25 crore and ₹3.5 crore per acre in certain pockets. For many farmers, still unaware of the

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