Citizens’ group geo-tags trees around KBR National Park
Citizen volunteers in Hyderabad have geo-tagged 672 trees surrounding KBR National Park to document and protect them from urban development. This initiative follows a Supreme Court stay on tree felling intended to facilitate the construction of new flyovers and underpasses.
Why it matters
It highlights the growing tension between urban infrastructure development and environmental conservation in rapidly growing cities.
In a repeat of the exercise carried out for the banyan trees on National Highway 163 in Chevella, citizens and activists in the ‘Save KBR’ collective have geo-tagged each and every tree remaining on the roads surrounding the KBR National Park.
The article reports on a local environmental initiative and legal proceedings without taking a stance, presenting both the activists' goals and the municipal project context.
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