August 16, 2026 11:29 am (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
After SC rebuke, BCI chief apologises to NALSAR students over enrolment freeze row | Independence Day: PM Modi’s big youth pitch— AI training, free coaching amid exam row and job concerns | ‘Shakti Ki Saptadhara’: Modi reveals 7 pillars to power India’s next leap in his I-Day speech from Red Fort | West Bengal STF arrests 3 more suspected Pakistani spies in Cooch Behar | Bengal man arrested in Bengaluru over terror links, Afghanistan travel plan | Ajit Doval breaks silence on Operation Sindoor in Discovery’s explosive new docuseries | Rahul Gandhi's 'mock hug' taunt sparks row; Centre stresses 'mutual respect' with Italy | Delhi on high alert: Bomb threat to High Court, airport and multiple locations ahead of I-Day | ‘Who are they to interfere?’: CJI Surya Kant slams Bar Council of India over NALSAR students’ enrolment row | 'Shows how low Congress has sunk': BJP slams Rahul Gandhi over Modi foreign policy jibe
Telangana Deforestation
Samantha Ruth Prabhu at a wildlife park in Australia. Photo courtesy: Samantha Ruth Prabhu Instagram handle

Samantha Ruth Prabhu backs protests against Kancha Gachibowli deforestation in Telangana

| @indiablooms | Apr 02, 2025, at 03:10 pm

Hyderabad/IBNS: Indian actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu, who primarily works in Tamil and Telugu films, has backed the protests against the deforestation in the Kancha Gachibowli land of Telangana's capital city Hyderabad.

Samantha shared a Telangana Today report on her Instagram handle and requested the users to sign the petition to back the protests against the deforestation.

The headline of the report claims the deforestation will increase the temperature in Kancha Gachibowli from 1-4 degree celsius.

The online petition is against the state government's decision to auction 400 acres of land in Kancha Gachibowli.

Photo courtesy: Screen-grab

The petition started by Kirti C, who stays next to the forest land, claims the deforestation will impact the rich biodiversity and cause negative effects on people's lives indirectly.

"Famed for its eco-diversity, Kancha Gachibowli, is not just a forest, but a green lung, a natural sink making significant contributions to the overall air quality and ameliorating climate change impacts.

"By absorbing vast amounts of carbon dioxide, forests are crucial in our fight against global warming," the petition has been quoted by Telangana Today.

The government has been cutting down trees to flatten the land ahead of the auction.

Meanwhile, the Centre has asked the state government to send a factual report on the decision to auction 400 acres of land.

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.