barely 20km off hyderabads tech corridor telanganas real estate story starts making a visible shift the towering highrises give way to flatter terrain and farm plots up for sale boards are a recurring sight and this continues up to 100km to the west from moinabad ranga reddy district to mominpet vikarabad districtwhile some smaller plots have been in business since 2020 soon after covid19 spiked the demand for larger homes with more open area whats hot off the shelves now are luxury farmland projects with a 150200 acre sprawl luring a new brand of urban farmershere land bought is of much larger size at least an acre and nestled within mango orchards complete with fivestar resorts wellness centres animal farms and the works owners can either get their hands dirty and plant their own fruits and vegetables or task a management firm with the job of growing a healthy yield the produce and revenue are then shared between the two price tags of these properties anywhere between rs 15 crore to rs 5 crorenew crop of farmerswho are these newage farmers the list includes entrepreneurs doctors senior itpharma executives and industrialists eyeing a weekend escape from their primary homes in the citythere are many nris whove picked up farmlands in hyderabads outskirts its a good way to adopt clean living said priya rajiv an emotional wellbeing coach together with her husband rajiv krishnamurthy she bought an acre of farmland in a project in vikarabad the tech evolution has unfortunately left us disconnected to our roots we have forgotten how to eat clean maintain a healthy balance in life and be conscious of our environment to ensure our kids do not grow up like this we invested here said the begumpet resident who makes at least two trips to the farm every month many of her friends have bought similar ventures in the districtmanaging partner of akshara group ashwin rao shares how its true of most of his clientele at akshara ananda in mominpet the idea was to create a highend community of urban farmers who are not separated by concrete walls said rao adding that apart from growing fruits and vegetables organically we also have a space with all native animals where residents can spend time feeding and petting animals is known to be therapeutic he is now setting up a wellness resort designed by international architects to add to the usp of the projectcommunity farmingk srinivas rao of inacres community supported agriculture does not like to refer to his venture as a typical real estate project he hinges on the concept of community farming the lifestyle of the poor has become the dream of crorepatis today they now want to return closer to nature eat straight from the farm and breathe fresh air thats what we encourage in our land said rao with projects in telangana and karnatakaan ofcial of sanctuary a project located in chevella said though we have a provision for buyers to build