Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Working President KT Rama Rao on Thursday thanked the Supreme Court for intervening in the issue of mass tree felling in 400 acres land at Kancha Gachibowli area in Hyderabad. KTR termed it a victory of the students from the University of Hyderabad.
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC K Kavitha thanked the Supreme Court for halting felling of trees in 400 acres land at Kancha Gachibowli area in Hyderabad.
It asked the Chief Secretary to respond to the queries of the court including to explain what was the "compelling urgency" to undertake developmental activities including the removal of trees from the forest area.
The order of the apex court came on a contempt case initiated by it against the Vice Chairman of the DDA, Subhasish Panda, over the felling of about 1100 trees in southern ridge area of Delhi for road widening purposes.
A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Augustine George Masih was told that the police were making enquiries in relation to the petitioners and had even sought details regarding their bank accounts.
The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a criminal contempt of court notice to the Vice Chairman of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) in the matter relating to the felling of trees in Delhi's Ridge Forest area.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) to explore whether the road construction proposed for the construction of a road project in the Taj Trapezium Zone could take place without felling 3,874 trees.
Following Bharatiya Janata Party MP Pratap Simha's jibe at Karnataka CM Siddaramiah for allegedly "targeting his family to save his son" after his brother Vikram Simha was arrested by forest department officials from Bengaluru over the allegation of cutting trees in the forest area of Hassan