Hyderabad, July 6 -- Tense moments were witnessed at the Professor Jayashankar Telangana Agricultural University (PJTAU) in Hyderabad between students and police personnel in the intervening night of July 5 and July 6, after JCBs were reportedly uprooting trees.

Videos have emerged on social media platforms showing visuals of about 20 bulldozers removing trees and plantations in the botanical garden of the Agricultural University.

As per local reports, heavy machinery levelled the ground for the upcoming Vana Mahotsavam (plantation drive) to be launched by chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Monday (July 7).

Upon knowing, Agricultural University students residing in hostels reached the botanical garden and questioned the police present a...