New Delhi, May 6 -- Recently the Supreme Court in India while taking strong exception to the Telangana government felling trees in the Kancha Gachibowli forest of Hyderabad in India said the state government had only two options - restore the green cover or be ready for some of its senior most officers being sent to jail for violation of court order. A bench of Justices B R Gavai and A G Masih said "For the protection of environment and ecology, we will go out of the way if needed."

The Supreme Court's stern warning to the state is welcome in the intelligentsia, student circle, and among the residents. The lakes, tree lair, forests and hills are facing extinction due to mindless human activities, it has degraded the quality of life in th...