Overview

• Approximately 150 acres of subabul and eucalyptus were cleared overnight on July 6 to prepare the PJTAU campus for the Vana Mahotsavam drive
• Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy inaugurated the state’s monsoon plantation programme on July 7 with a goal of planting 18.03 crore saplings
• Vice Chancellor Prof. Aldas Janaiah said the removal followed an HMDA survey and a formal auction process awarded to ITC to target non-native species
• Plans call for planting around 30 native timber, wild fruit and wildflower-bearing tree species along with various bamboo varieties to revive the botanical garden
• Students protested the nighttime felling and remain vigilant over procedural transparency and the Genuine outcomes of the biodiversity effort