3. TELANGANA 2ND IN DIVERTING FOREST LAND, ANDHRA PRADESH STANDS 6TH While on one hand, the Telangana state government gets applauded for developing the green cover in the state under its

flagship programme “Haritha Haram”, somehow, on the other hand, TS stands second in the country for diverting its forest land. Around 9,420.24 hectares of forest land has been diverted to

different development activities between January 2015 and January 2019. Andhra Pradesh also stands sixth in the country to divert its forest land, having diverted more than 3,474.57 hectares

of land during that tenure. (Source: _Deccan Chronicle_)