Hundreds of trees being felled in Manikonda to make way for road project

The ever expanding thirst for road connectivity on the western part of the city has claimed scores of trees once again, this time on the Manikonda-Hitech City stretch. Several trees were chopped down on the stretch for the construction of a flyover and an underpass as a solution for the traffic congestion.

The incident came to light after netizens expressed consternation, posting video clips and photos of the green massacre. Several users on the social media platform X lamented that with temperatures already soaring, the axing of trees is going to worsen the heat. “It is summer and our city temperature will touch 40-45 degrees C, and someone cut trees. Please investigate,” urged Bhushan, a user, tagging the commissioner of the Cyberabad Municipal Commissioner Srijana Gummalla.