Environmental activistsof the city fume over the recent large-scale tree cutting happened on the AndhraUniversity groundsfor Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s public meeting. Citing security concerns for the PM’s meeting, the District Administration sought permission of theAU officialsfortree felling.
Hundreds of trees were felled on about 1.5-acre land. Andhra University has now decided to developgreeneryin three different parts of the university, totalling to four acres, to compensate for this. The locations would be chosen based on one major parameter, i.e. the places where there would be no immediate future constructions.