Declare Kancha Gachibowli as National Park, University of Hyderabad students to Education Ministry

The University of Hyderabad (UoH) Students union appealed to the Union Ministry of Education to stop the ‘mad’ destruction of the forest in Kancha Gachibowli and wanted it to be declared as the National Park and green zone.

In a letter sent to the Ministry on Wednesday, Students union president Umesh Ambedkar, vice president Akash Kumar and general secretary Nihad Sulaiman wanted immediate cessation of the Kancha Gachibowli land clearing and silence the JBCs that were tearing land and its creatures apart.

Seeking cancellation of the 400 acres of land auction, the students asked the Ministry to prevent the land from being handed over to corporate vultures. “Transform these 400 acres into a legally protected National Park and a green zone, ensuring its biodiversity and carbon-sequestering power are preserved for generations, not plundered for



profit,” they said, and sought formation of campus biodiversity monitoring committee to stand guard the land and wildlife.

The Students union wanted registration of all 2,300 acres in UoH’s name to prevent it from future encroachment and destruction. It sought a transparent environmental impact assessment and public consultation with students, faculty, and experts before another leaf falls.

“Every hour you delay, another tree crashes to the ground, another bird’s song is silenced, another deer’s life is snuffed out. The University of Hyderabad is bleeding—its flora, fauna, and future haemorrhaging before our eyes. We urge you, as stewards of education and guardians of justice, to act before this irreversible loss scars Hyderabad and India forever. Declare this land a National Park—a beacon of hope, not a tombstone of greed,” they added.