Hyderabad, April 4 -- With the Supreme Court ordering all deforestation works to stop at Kancha Gachibowli, students from University of Hyderabad have called-off their relay hunger strike. The campus in unison celebrated the temporary relief granted by the apex court on Thursday, April 3.

About 20 students took part in the strike as they sat in front of the north gate of the University of Hyderabad demanding the immediate halting of the deforestation drive and the removal of bulldozers from the university campus. They also demanded the withdrawal of the large contingent of police personnel deployed at the university's east campus.

The University of Hyderabad Teachers Association had also held a rally against the state government's decis...