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The Supreme Court connected Monday (May 18, 2026) restrained authorities from cutting trees successful the eco-sensitive portion (ESZ) of Kasu Brahmananda Reddy (KBR) nationalist parkland successful Hyderabad. A Bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan said determination should beryllium nary histrion felling wrong the 25 m to 35 m eco-sensitive portion astir the park.
The apical tribunal issued a announcement to the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), the Telangana authorities and others portion seeking their replies on the plea filed by activistic Kaajal Maheshwari. The tribunal was proceeding a plea filed by Maheshwari challenging an bid of the Telangana High Court that refused to assistance interim relief.
Maheshwari had moved a plea earlier the precocious tribunal challenging the simplification of the eco-sensitive portion astir KBR National Park to a width ranging from 3 metres to 29.8 metres. The plea contended that specified a constrictive buffer would decision the precise intent of an ESZ arsenic a "shock absorber" for a protected area.
In 2015, the State authorities projected to make six junctions astir the nationalist parkland by gathering multi-level flyovers nether the Strategic Road Development Plan (SRDP). This required the chopping of much than 1,300 trees for widening of roads.
As portion of the project, it had projected a modification of the eco-sensitive portion and finalised simplification of the park’s walkway to betwixt 3 and 29.8 metres from the contiguous 25 to 35 metres from its boundary.
