Excavators being utilized by the Telangana Government to clear the particles of the deforestation after the Supreme Court halted the felling of bushes in 400 acres of forested land within the Kancha Gachibowli space, in Hyderabad. | Photo Credit: PTI
Chief Justice Gavai stated “we would like the surroundings to be protected. You can have your IT Park some place else. We need all of the bushes within the devastated forest to be replanted… Then we’ll take away all our ‘compliments’ and pay you some actual compliments… We too desire a blissful ending”.
The CJI made it clear that the State’s restoration plan should stability improvement and sustainability.
Senior advocate A.M. Singhvi, showing for Telangana, stated the State would meet the expectations of the court docket. The court docket listed the case in six weeks.
In May, the apex court docket gave Telangana a alternative between restoring the ruined acres of Kancha Gachibowli forest the place bushes have been felled for an IT infrastructure challenge throughout an prolonged weekend or face the prospect of its Chief Secretary and “half a dozen officers” being despatched to a “short-term jail” close to the bulldozed inexperienced cowl.
“It is for the State to choose between restoring the forest or having the Chief Secretary and officers in jail,” Mr. Gavai had said firmly.
On March 4, the Supreme Court had barred any exercise to deplete forest cowl throughout the nation.
In April, the court docket had noticed the extent of destruction triggered in 100 acres of Kancha Gachibowli forest space confirmed an alarming image. It had questioned the State’s “compelling urgency” to flatten bushes with heavy equipment and excavate the land within the identify of “developmental exercise”.
Published – August 13, 2025 12:31 pm IST
