SAVE MADA FOREST, FROM JAGAN, #SaveMadaForestFromJagan

#SaveMadaForestFromJagan: Are the people of Andhra Pradesh going against their own beloved CM?

Mada Forest, Kakinada
Source: AP Tourism

The people of Andhra Pradesh are expressing their anger over the decision of converting the forest land of Mada Forest to housing plots.

The people have allegedly blamed the CM of Andhra Pradesh for the poor decision making and are expressing their anger on Twitter by using the hashtag, #SaveMadaForestFromJagan.

Where is the Mada Forest?

Source: Wikipedia.org

Mada Forest is located in Kakinada District of Andhra Pradesh. It is a large 300-acre forest which is famous for its greenery. The forest is well known for its Mangroves which are spread over the 300 acres of land. It is a beautiful natural mangrove forest.

What is the Mada Forest Controversy?

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According to the people of Andhra Pradesh, the Chief Minister of the State, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy had ordered the replenishment of the Forest Land of Mada Forest into Housing Plots.

The controversial decision was implemented amidst the current lockdown to hide it from the people, but nature lovers just can’t resist the decision. 

The Mangrove Destruction was given the name of Land Pooling and people protested by slogans of Save Mada Forest From Jagan.

How did the people protest?

Source: Twitter

The people of Andhra Pradesh took over social media and opposed the decision of the government. Pictures went viral of the comparison of the Previous State of Forest with the Current State.
Many nature enthusiasts created a petition, Save Mada Forest which is signed by thousands of people to Save the Mada Forest.
Twitteratis took the movement to the next level and blamed the CM of Andhra Pradesh and the popular hashtag #SaveMadaForestFromJagan is trending over Twitter with around 90K tweets and 10K retweet’s.

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