India, May 15 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday questioned the Telangana government on why the largescale tree felling in Hyderabad's Kancha Gachibowli carried out in a "rush" over a long holiday weekend.

"If it was a bona fide exercise, why not wait until Monday?" a bench of Chief Justice BR Gavai and Justice AG Masih asked, while reviewing the Telangana government's affidavit on the bulldozing of roughly 100 acres of forest land near the Hyderabad Central University campus.

"You took advantage of a long weekend. Bulldozers were deployed. The activity was clearly pre-planned," the court said.

The court reiterated that it supports sustainable development and warned that if the forest is not restored, senior state officials, including t...