Amidst the concerns expressed over the proposed auction of 400-acre land in Kancha Gachibowli in Rangareddy, a note circulated by multiple Telangana government departments on Tuesday (April 1, 2025) stated that investments to the tune of ₹50,000 crore are estimated when the land is fully occupied and operational. And it would provide job opportunities to 5 lakh people.
The land located in the IT hub of Hyderabad has become contentious with people expressing concerns over loss of green cover, urban lung space and space for wildlife there. University of Hyderabad students are protesting against its auction and want the land to be transferred to the university.
“The development will unlock huge investment and employment potential which spur the growth of Telangana in general and Hyderabad in particular,” the note added
Timeline of the Kancha Gachibowli land, 2004-2024
Currently, a group of students protesting the proposed plan for the land were subjected to a lathi-charge, detention, and restrictions as tensions remain
Never classified as forest
Responding to statements that the 400 acres is a forest, it was mentioned that it was never classified as forest in Revenue records.
Kancha means grazing or waste land
“This land has never been notified as forest land under relevant enactments. It is NOT SHOWN as forest land either in revenue records or in forest records. The land in Suvery Number 25 in Kancha Gachibowli is classified as “Kancha Poramboke”. Kancha means grazing/waste land,” as per the note.
We should step out in against any government who takes steps towards demolishing our forests and our environment. Here, we are facing global warming issues with increasing temperature year by year. Overall, we should grow more and more trees and instead of this step we are regularly cutting our trees and forest. I can see smart city project with just a million number of new tress in every city, This is the only parameter in my mind right now if we are going to build a smart city which has large number of trees. It is really not acceptable does not matter if it is BJP gov or Congress.