Tollywood handsome hunk Prabhas, known for playing the lead role in the SS Rajamouli blockbuster series Baahubali has come forward to adopt 1,650 acres of reserve forest located on the outskirts of Hyderabad.

The actor gave a cheque of Rs 2-crore to Forest officials for the development of Khazipally reserve forest on Outer Ring Road near Dundigal. Prabhas and Telangana Forest Minister Allola Indra Karan Reddy and Rajya Sabha MP Joginapally Santosh Kumar also laid the foundation stone for an urban forest park.

Prabhas and the ministers observed the reserve forest from a watch tower and also planted few saplings in the reserve forest. Prabhas took up the initiative as a part of the trending Green India challenge.