By: V.V. Balakrishna
All urban areas in the state will provide ample space for cycling or walking. The urban forestry areas in all urban areas will be protected with compound walls to develop greenery there.
The TS govt, after successful regeneration of greenery in the Gurramguda urban forestry on the Ibrahimpatnam road here, has decided to develop all urban forestry areas on the lines of the Gurramguda greenery.
“Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has suggested four or five areas in Hyderabad for regeneration of greenery. We will work out the plans and start work in 15 days,” Vikas Raj, secretary in the department of environment, forests, science and technology, told Express.
Gurramguda, once a lush-green area, became denuded due to the interference of locals. Later, the state government constructed a compound wall around the forestry and allowed limited number of people for a limited time. The greenery has thus been regenerated over a period of two years.
Once the development is completed then, a maximum number of 2,000 to 3,000 visitors will be allowed for a few hours time as in the case of KBR Park.
Visitors can breathe fresh air, use the walking and cycling tracks and other facilities to escape from the polluted urban environs.
Recently, Bhagyanagar Nandanavanam at Narapally on the Warangal highway and Sanjeevini Vanam at Gurramguda have been opened to the public after their regeneration.
The development of these urban forestry areas will provide lung space to the citizens, which will also offset the side-effects of rapid urbanisation and concretisation of city with more multi-storeyed buildings, flyovers and other structures.
“The state government has no dearth of funds. We will launch the programme within 15 days,” Vikas Raj declared.
- Once development is completed, a maximum of 2,000 to 3,000 visitors will be allowed for a few hours
- State government will develop all urban forestry areas on the lines of Gurramguda greenery
- Visitors can breathe fresh air, use the walking and cycling tracks
Source: The New Indian Express