forest land

Karnataka Minister Eshwar Khandre defended the government's action on HMT land, stating the goal is to preserve a large green space in Bengaluru and develop it into a public park larger than Lalbagh and Cubbon Park. He responded to allegations from Kumaraswamy by asserting that forest land cannot be diverted.

Nearly 200 acres of forest land in Telangana’s Vikarabad have been encroached, with officials only recently addressing the issue and recovering eight acres. The deforestation has been ongoing for years, prompting a damage control exercise.