"kancha-gachibowli-forest-auction"

The student activists burnt an effigy of Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy

A few persons pushed away police personnel and tried to snatch away the rope

Despite the High Court order on Wednesday directing the State government to stop the works in Kancha Gachibowli for a day, students claimed that works continued all through the Wednesday night and on Thursday morning as well

Demand legal action against officials responsible for the large-scale environmental damage in Kancha Gachibowli

The students asked the Ministry to prevent the land from being handed over to corporate vultures

They demanded immediate halt on the ongoing activity and revoke the decision to auction on the land that is rich in biodiversity

"Congress came to power with the support of students and youth, but today, it is repaying them with cases and police batons," he said

Kalapala Babu Rao filed the writ plea seeking a court direction to declare the State’s action in razing 400 acres of forest land as unlawful

Students owing allegiance to the BRSV, PDSU and AISF took out a rally up to the University gate, where the police foiled their attempts to burn an effigy. The students then squatted on the road, raising slogans and arguing with the police

A large number of students from various hostels marched in a rally to the university administration building where they are currently holding the protest.

Students demand immediate removal of police, JCBs deployed on campus

The activists of SFI and PDSU have staged a protest and burnt an effigy of Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy at Bhadrachalam in Kothagudem district

Moved by images of excavators clearing the green cover at Kancha Gachibowli, individuals from diverse backgrounds across the country expressed their concern

The accused were identified as B Rohit Kumar and Erram Naveen Kumar

A statement read that in 2004, the then State government in erstwhile Andhra Pradesh had allotted the land to a private company. The Congress government acquired the ownership of the land by legally winning the case in the Supreme Court

UoH campus is home to over 700 flowering plants, 10 species of mammals, 15 species of reptiles and over 200 species of birds, besides rock formations that date back to over a billion years

He claimed his government fought a legal battle in the Supreme Court to reclaim it and had now transferred it to TGIIC for an open auction to attract multinational companies.