Hyderabad sources have reported that Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao said that there was a need to protect the environment around the fast developing and geographically growing Hyderabad city and its neighboring regions. Meanwhile the CM, according to an official release, said that there was 1.5 lakh acres of forest land available in a radius of 50 to 60 kilometers around the city and it should be developed into forest blocks for fresh air.
Accordingly Rao instructed the Chief Secretary, Municipal and Forest Ministers, Chief Conservator of Forests, and other senior officials to visit Hyderabad and study its surrounding forest areas to find out what could be done to develop it and this should be done as part of the "Save Hyderabad" campaign.
The release added that the state's Finance Secretary to make a provision
in the Budget to provide between Rs 5 lakh to Rs 30 lakh every year to gram panchayat,
based on their population. Moreover the release informed that Rao wanted a
walkway at the Musi riverfront similar to the one in KBR Park.
