Mehdipatnam : Always bustling, yet serene

Ch Siva Kumar

Hyderabad: Mehdipatnam, is a well-developed urban district situated close to the heart of the city, yet less polluted compared to other major locations around Hyderabad. Surrounded by cantonment area, there is no scope for high-rise buildings and industries to come up thus offering peaceful and calm life. With IT hubs, such as Gachibowli and Madhapur just about 12kms, the cosmopolitan suburb attracts most of the IT professionals to make it their residential abode.

Besides, Mehdipatnam is fast transforming as a major shopping centre thus attracting denizens and villagers from the vicinity. It offers top-notch lifestyle and peaceful locations to hangout. In such a background the location has developed into a premium one for the realty sector. With property prices always rising in the area, the investors have been never been let down. There is a constant migration of investors and buyers to Mehdipatnam for modern lifestyle needs and the pleasure of dwelling close to heart of the city.

The other high lights in the area are the inner ring road linking to the outer ring road, PVNR flyover connecting to the airport, and its connectivity to major areas in city that makes travelling faster and effortless. Its proximity to well developed areas like Banjara Hills, Jubliee Hills, Gachibowli and Madhapur, makes living in this area a great comfort to travel to all these IT hubs.

In the entire stretch, there are bus-stops strategically placed for the public to reach to any major location without having a long walks. It has an APSRTC bus depot, making it a hub of many buses bound to all parts of the city.

The area also has many Lifestyle malls and top-notch restaurants to enjoy a modern lifestyle challenges. Shopping malls like Chennai Shopping Mall, Megamart, Inorbit Mall and GVK One Mall are in its vicinity offering variety to all ages and walks of life. Further, there are well established educational institutions such as ICBM School of Business Excellence, Sri Aurobinddo Junior College, Delhi Public School and Nalanda Public School.

In today's busy and pollution-filled life, for those people who are in search for peaceful and less polluted areas with greenery surrounded, Medhipatnam is one such right place to choose.

On recreation front, very popular picnic spots and getaway parks for family and children are just nearby. The places include Golconda fort, Hussainsagar lake, NTR Gardens, Kasu Brahmananda Reddy National Park and Birla Mandir. It also offer quick access to medical care for senior citizens, as the super specialty hospitals like Olive Hospital, Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital, Orange hospitals and many other multi-specialty hospitals are located in the radius of about 5kms.

The land rates in and around Medhipatnam ranges over Rs 7,000 per sq yd., depending on the class-of-location. Whereas there is no premium villas but close by locations like Manikonda, Kompally and Gachibowli offers them. Medhipatnam essentially offers apartments of 2 BHK and 3 BHK in a range of Rs 2,300 to Rs 6,000 per sq ft depending on the amenities it offers.