Supreme Court committee inspects KBR National Park, H-CITI project

The Supreme Court appointed Central Empowered Committee’s members are reportedly in the city to verify facts in view of the allegations about violation of the Eco Sensitive Zone (ESZ) of the Kasu Brahmananda Reddy National Park by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation for H-CITI project.The Committee reportedly inspected the National Park and its surroundings, and the ongoing work for construction of flyovers and underpasses on the park’s peripheries on Friday, before meeting the GHMC officials, including Commissioner R.V. Karnan and Chief Engineer Sahadev Ratnakar. They also reportedly met Forest Department officials to understand the issues around the ESZ.The contentions by city-based environmentalists about the manner in which ESZ was fixed, have reached the Supreme Court after GH