Why Deforestation is global Problem.
Hyderabad is dying. Our national bird is crying and nobody is listening to its cries. After watching this video, I felt like crying. I couldn't even watch the entire video. The Telangana government wants to auction 400 acres of land of Hyderabad University. They want to use that area for an IT park. I know, this video is not like our other videos. There is no spice in it, so 99% people will skip it. But if you are one of the 1% who cares about the country and the entire world, then watch this video till the end.
Maybe after knowing the truth about Hyderabad, you will also start crying. I honestly didn't think I'd have to make this video. As a person from Mumbai, I can't even imagine 400 acres of land. For all the people who keep claiming that the people of the south are educated, this doesn't look like education. This looks like corruption. Students, faculty, environmentalists have been protesting for many days. But the police are only taking out these protesters so that the bulldozers can do their job.
The Telangana government says that there are no major animals in this area. There are no tigers, no deer. But I want to take this moment to inform the respected CM that Hyderabad University says that there are more than 700 flowering plants, 10 species of mammals, 15 species of reptiles, and more than 200 species of birds. In fact, this is a habitat of our national bird peacock. The opposition believes that last week was a long weekend. Because of Ramzan, Eid, Gudi Padwa, and all these festivals,
the courts were closed for 4 days. And at this time, the Telangana government thought of doing this heinous act. The Telangana government has taken many U-turns on this issue. First, they said that there is no water body here. Then when the photos of water bodies came out, they said that there was an agreement with our Hyderabad University. Hyderabad University itself came on record and said that there is no agreement with our government. The government did not do any survey here. They only inspected the topography.
In this image, you can clearly see how much destruction the government has already done. The High Court also ordered that you stop your work. But the government is still not stopping. The trees are still being cut. Some people say that this land belongs to the Telangana government, which they have taken back after a long legal battle. So I started reading up about it. In the 1970s, Telangana agitation was going on. And for peace negotiation, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi negotiated with local leaders.
And at that time, the Andhra Pradesh government passed an order to allocate 2,300 acres to the Hyderabad University. For some reasons known best to the people at that time, this land was not officially named Hyderabad University. So to speak, this land belongs to the government, not the university. In 2004, these 400 acres were allocated to IMG Bharata to build a sports complex with the idea that this was a subsidiary of a US-based company. But in 2005, it was found out that this company is a fraud.
They have nothing to do with the US company. And this land got stuck in the court case. Now in 2024, the High Court said that the land allocated to IMG Bharata is illegal and the land belongs to the state government. If the land belongs to the state government, does this mean that the jungle there should be destroyed and a concrete jungle should be built? Like how does this make sense? I just cannot understand how many politicians and the babu log of our country are so sold out. They want to make India's cities
like Europe's cities. But they only see Europe's glass buildings, which are an absolute misfit for a hot country like India. They never see the good roads, proper footpaths, greenery, parks, national parks. They never see all these things. Why this selective blindness? India is one of the top 5 countries in the world which is vulnerable to climate change. We get heatwaves every year. Cities get flooded in every monsoon. Don't politicians care about these things? Are all the people blind? And even the people who vote for them
are so blind that they don't see anything. Are all their people exempt? Or do they have a special cover that they will be protected from all these problems? If there is such a cover, then give it to us too. I don't understand what is the need to build an IT park on a hill? I have not been to many places in Telangana, so I genuinely have a question. Is there no other place in Telangana to build an IT park? Is forest cutting the only solution? Is it necessary to build an IT park there? I just don't understand.
Watch these videos. Trucks are collecting fallen logs at 2-3 in the night. Don't you find it suspicious that there is so much activity going on at night? Who are these people who need so many logs? Is the government secretly doing a furniture business that they need so many logs and wood? Or are these logs going to be smuggled illegally? What's the damn hurry? And my second question. Not just from this issue, but to everyone in India. Why are our land records in such a mess? Khosla ka ghosla, watch this movie.
It would have been hilarious if it wasn't so sad. Who owns whose land in India? And who squats on it and builds slums? Pay attention to this. People who illegally build slums, suddenly become owners. Because there are a lot of people who cry on their behalf. In this case too, the land was transferred to the university for the purpose of creating educational institutions. But no one transferred it legally. Because 2300 acres is a lot of land which can be commercially exploited. And I think that's what's happening.
Out of the 2300 acres of the university, 800 acres have already been given. And out of the remaining 1500 acres, 400 acres are being talked to be carved out again. These are the 400 acres that are being talked about now. This whole issue wouldn't have happened if the university owned rights to all of its land in the first place. We don't need problems, we need solutions. That's why for the past 4 years, we have been doing Mission Mango with Mr. Subhajit. Where we collect mango seeds from people,
germinate plants from them, grow them and donate them to below poverty line farmers. And in the past 4 years, we have planted 1,60,000 trees. We don't know how many trees are cut in India. But we can at least do this by planting a few trees. If you also want to become a part of Mission Mango this year, and want to help Mr. Subhajit, then start sending your mango seedlings to this address. You can see all the details on our Instagram. This number is just a drop in the ocean of despair. I know. But still, I would like
more people to start such projects. So that they know how much effort it takes to germinate a tree, to grow it. So that when they know how hard it is to grow a tree, they'll think twice or 10 times before cutting a tree. Cutting a tree and planting 10 saplings, this doesn't make sense. This is the truth. In conclusion, I just want to say that we can't eat money. We can't breathe money. We can't take money with us when we die. When will we understand this? Every decision is seen only from a monetary perspective.
And that's why our cities are so broken today. Because all the politicians and Babu people think that forests will grow on their own. The air will become clean on its own. And it's better if they don't talk about water. The biggest issue is that everyone wants to make money without realizing that we humans are nothing. When nature shows its anger, no one survives. Whether it's floods, droughts, heat waves, earthquakes. We are nothing in front of nature. We have no status in front of nature. We have to understand that
this world is not just ours. It's the home of all the animals and birds. The human being who can't hear their screams, can't see their tears, that human being is not a human being. There is no point in hoping from the previous generation. Greed has blinded their eyes. They can't see tomorrow's destruction today. If India has any hope, it's from our next generation. Who can understand the real meaning of Vasudeva Kutumbakam from maturity. I know that 99% people won't watch this video till the end.
And those who will watch it, may not be able to understand it. But if you are from that 1% who can understand the pain of the world, then share this video. Share it with your friends and family. Tag your favorite celebrities, influencers, leaders. Because what difference does it make if it is done by one But it makes a lot of difference if we do it one by one. And in these two lines, there is only one difference. And that's the reason why there is a difference.
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