KTR to launch urban forest park today

The newly developed urban forest park developed within the Botanical Garden located at Kothaguda forest reserve near Hi-tec City will be opened to the public on Wednesday.

Telangana Chief Secretary SK Joshi said that the urban forest park will serve as a a model for all the other forest parks to come up in and around Hyderabad.

The urban park developed on 12 acres of land at an estimated cost of ₹5 crore will be



inaugurated by municipal administration and urban development (MA&UD) minister K T Rama Rao. The park is located close to the IT corridor and public transport facility is available to the park.

While the forest reserve spans 274 acres, developmental activities have been restricted to 12 acres covering the visitors’ zone at Botanical Garden. Nakshatra Vanam, Rasi Vanam, and Navagraha Vanams have been developed.