new delhi the unlimited floor space index fsi model in hyderabad could be touted as the best in the country with developers across metros pushing for a similar law in their respective cities to not just increase vertical growth but also expand lung spaces but despite its merits the builderfriendly policy seems to be doing little to attract investors to the city currently caught in the midst of a serious political turmoil in fact speaking to toi on the sidelines of a national conclave organised by the confederation of real estate developers association of india credai in new delhi recently highprofile developers from mumbai delhi chennai and bangalore said that hyderabad was completely off their radar at present taking its place they said were cities such as pune and ahmedabad which at one time were way behind the andhra pradesh capital in the realty race there was a time when any developer from mumbai or delhi planning to expand outside the city was looking at hyderabad to start shop thats not the case any longer more people are today going to gujarat instead said darshan hiranandani md of the mumbaibased major real estate player hiranandani group of companies that had about two years ago come to the city with plans of setting up an upscale sez on the outskirts the project however failed to take off after the land was found embroiled in litigations this is one huge drawback that hyderabad suffers from if land bought through government auctions do not have a clear title the hiranandani group had bought it through an auction then what is the guarantee that land bought from private parties will have one said sunil mantri chairman sunil mantri realty ltd that has operations across mumbai delhi bangalore pune and so on in hyderabad too the firm has three huge tracts of land bought when real estate was at its peak here about threefour years ago the recession and telangana turmoil erupted thereafter and the plots have been lying idle since then litigations apart the market in hyderabad now is not too conducive for new developments so we are just sitting on our properties at the moment there is no plan to start work at any of the sites sainikpuri miyapur and hitec city anytime soon mantri said and while the uncertain political situation prevailing in the city could be the main reason for developers to shy away from hyderabad some feel that its also the indifferent attitude of the andhra pradesh government that is holding them back from setting foot here such is the situation that initially when a developer from outside approaches the state government for permission to set shop in hyderabad it is very supportive but the moment you start work there the government turns its back on you this is unacceptable and a crucial reason why builders have grown wary of the city said pradeep jain chairman of both credai and parasvnath developers ltd a leading delhibased real estate group that