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For students of University of Hyderabad, the fight to protect Kancha Gachibowli land is more than just a protest; it is a battle for the soul of the city and university, where history, ecology, progress stand at a crossroads

Now, AICC Telangana incharge Meenakshi Natarajan is slated to hold a meeting with the three-Minister Committee constituted by the State government on Saturday. The Committee consists of Ministers Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, D Sridhar Babu and Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy

SFI Telangana president RL Murthy and general secretary T Nagaraju demanded the government allocate the land to the university

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

We will certainly take action on this matter, the Minister noted

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

Police books Dileep Konathamand Manne Krishank

As the SC halted the works, the university campus erupted in jubilant celebrations

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

Say the decision to auction 400 acres of land belonging to HCU in favour of corporate companies must be stopped

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

The bench heard two public interest litigations filed by retired scientist Kalapala Babu Rao and Vata Foundation

Netizens join hands in supporting the movement by sharing ''ALL EYES ON HCU'' and ''SAVE HCU BIODIVERSITY'' templates on their Instagram stories. The templates were re-shared by over 4,700 users across the internet

Telangana Student Association RGUKT-Basar unit president Akash Yadav opined that it was unfair for the State government to grab lands belonging to the university and to handover the assets to private persons

Alleges that the "innocent students" were being instigated by "bigwigs from the previous government"

In this regard, an agreement was made between the State government and the university 20 years ago, he said

A peaceful protest was called, however, the police pre-arrested 298 SFI activists from Monday night itself