Addressing the need to protect the environment in the capital city of Hyderabad and its neighbouring regions, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has called for the development of forest blocks in the surrounding forest lands. In a meeting at Pragati Bhavan on Sunday, the Chief Minister said that the 1.5 lakh acres of forest land available in the radius of 50 to 60 kilometres around the city should be developed into forest blocks to allow fresh air, and green cover should spread in these areas rapidly.

Rao also directed that Musi River Front and Hyderabad Urban Forestry should be developed specially and funds should be spent on the same. The Chief Minister wanted walkway in the Musi River Front like the one in KBR Park. As part of the 'Save Hyderabad' Campaign, he instructed the Chief Secretary, Municipal and Forest Ministers, Chief Conservator of Forests, Chief Advisor to the government Rajiv Sharma, and CMP Principal Secretary S Narsing Rao to visit Hyderabad and its surrounding forest areas to study the ways the area can be developed.