Centre to decide on division of Andhra Pradesh, says Rosaiah
December 8th, 2009 - 2:16 pm ICT by IANS ( 4 comments )
Hyderabad, Dec 8 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K. Rosaiah Tuesday said that the central government would take a decision on the bifurcation of the state to create a separate Telangana.
As Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) president K. Chandrasekhara Rao continued his fast-unto-death for the 10th day, Rosaiah told reporters that the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) was seized of the Telangana issue.
Rosaiah said his government would abide by the decision of the central government. Telangana region comprises 10 districts including Greater Hyderabad.
“If the central government takes a decision, there may be no need for passing a resolution in the assembly,” he said, referring to the demand by TRS and other opposition parties.
Rosaiah said he has brought to the notice of Congress president Sonia Gandhi the opinions expressed by various parties at a meeting Monday night.
“I have sent a report to the high command and I hope it will consider the same today,” the chief minister said.
Rosaiah said he would go to New Delhi Wednesday to greet Sonia Gandhi on her birthday.
State Congress president D. Srinivas Monday reached New Delhi and apprised the leadership of the Telangana agitation.
Though the ruling party has said that it would abide by Sonia Gandhi’s decision and legislators authorised her to take a decision, it appeared divided over Telangana.
Divergent views were expressed by Congress legislators from Telangana, Rayalaseema and Andhra regions at the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting here Monday evening.
The party legislators from Rayalaseema would meet Tuesday evening to discuss the issue while legislators from Greater Hyderabad would hold a separate meeting Wednesday.
A section of Congress legislators from Rayalseema want a separate state for the region, which comprises four districts.
At least two ministers from greater Hyderabad wanted union territory status for the city in view of the large number of settlers living here.
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December 9th, 2009 at 2:12 am
WHY THE HELL DO WE NEED ANOTHER STATE?????????????? Can’t the students see that the politicians are only making use of them? Its better advised for the politicians to use peaceful means if they feel the need and take on the beating from the police. I would suggest the students better fight for some good education and facilities at the universities.
December 9th, 2009 at 9:00 am
This is my humble request to all andhraites ,before u pass comments here try to know the history of telangana, the high taxes that spent to build hyderabad city(assembly,womens college, high court, musi river,salarjung museum,central library ,golconda fort,faluknuma palace,….), Gentleman’s agreement,6-point formula ,supreme court judgement on mulkis rule, 36 g.o., 610 g.o , girglanis commission report ,water resources and agriculture,educational resources,etc., u can have all this information frm wikipedia, books and even googling on net.(ex:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Hyderabad,_India)This will be a peaceful agitation to the utmost. THANQ
December 18th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
As a NRI I was proud to say that I was from Andhra Pradesh, now I feel ashamed to tell anyone that I am from Andhra Pradesh….. Please guys stop this madness, and let’s be united
December 24th, 2009 at 12:22 am
Whenever the topic of Telangana is raised, many of us blindly support Andhra or Telangana based on where we come from. Not sure how many really think of why the demand for separate state has been there for such a long time. The 2 major reasons why the demand has been pending for so many years is WATER AND HYDERBAD. People around the state have earned and invested in and around Hyderabad so there is a concerns about the safety of the investment if the state is separated while both the major rivers in our state flow mostly through Telangana. Below are some facts that are few reasons for the demand. Sentiments can be foolish but not facts.
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There are 10 districts in Telangana, 9 in Andhra and 4 in Rayalaseema. Out of these 7 districts in Telangana, 3 in Andhra and 1 in Rayalaseema are considered severely backward districts which means 70% of districts in Telangana are backward while in Andhra it is 35% and in Rayalaseema it is 25%. Apart from these there are some areas in all parts of the state which are also backward.
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45% of the state income comes from Telangana region. When it comes to utilization of funds, the share of Telangana is only 28%.
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Normally canals are dug to supply water to the crops from rivers for cultivation. The amount of land cultivated through canals in just Guntur district is more than the land cultivated with canals in entire Telangana region.
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Nagarjuna sagar dam is built in Nalgonda district which is in Telangana but majority of the water from the dam is used for Krishna and Guntur district. The original dam was supposed to be build much ahead of its present location but the location was changed so that it falls in the Telangana region. Due to the construction of the dam several hectares of Lime stone mines vanished as part of the dam back waters. Everyone know that lime stone is used for producing cement. Even the natural resources were not allowed to remain.
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Fluorinated water problem is only in Nalgonda district which has not been resolved since decades.
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Two major rivers Krishna and Tungabhadra enter the state of AP in the district of Mahaboobnagar(the biggest district in Telangana) but the district always remains the worst draught hit areas along with Anantapur because there is no project and process with which the water can be utilized. The plans for utilization has been pending for decades.
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RDS (Rajolibanda Diversion Scheme) is build in Mahaboobnagar to provide water to 85000 hectares of land in the district. The leaders of Rayalaseems blasted the gates of RDS and water is supplied to KC (Kurnool-Cudapah) canal while only remaining water, if any, is supplied to the lands in Mahaboobnagar.
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3 TMC of water from Gandipet is sufficient to supply drinking water to our city. Every year 1700 TMC of water is wasted and is flown into Bay of Bengal from river Godavari. Starting from Nizambad to Bay of Bengal there is no project allowed to build on Godavari. If it is built leaders in Godavari districts fear that the fertile lands in the area may fall short of water. If the Godavari water is utilized properly, there will be no scarcity for food grains in our state.
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In Telangana regions, only few areas cultivate one crop a year and very rarely two crops a year while most of the land doesn’t even cultivate single crop. In both the Godavari districts, Krishna and Guntur district, two crops a year is common and there are times where even 3 crops a year are cultivated. The only reason is WATER.
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Government issue G.O.’s for implicating its decisions. G.O number 610 is the longest non implicated G.O in the history of AP. The G.O was issued in 1986 by late NTR who was then the CM of AP, which is not yet implicated. The G.O speaks about the share of Telangana employees in Government jobs in Telangana region.
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33% of the population in Mahaboobnagar district have left the district for livelihood to different parts of the state due to draught and majority of them are working as daily labour. No other district has so many people who fled the home place due to lack of livelihood and working as daily labour.
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There are 25 plus government degree colleges in Krishna, Kadapa and Guntur district while there is not even a single government degree college in Ranga Reddy district.
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Dairy development corporation of AP purchases milk from farmers across the state for distribution. For the same milk, in Andhra, the government pay Rs. 24 to the farmers and in Telangana they pay Rs. 22 per litre. Partiality is shown even in milk J
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In between 2005-2008 government sold lands worth Rs. 20000 crores in and around Hyderabad which was utilized to build projects in Rayalaseema and Andhra.
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Not even a single project was completed in Telangana in the last 5 years while several projects were completed in Andhra and Rayalaseema.
Not just Telangana but areas of Northern Andhra, Prakasham and parts of Rayalaseema are still backward. The state needs to progress as a unit. People are suffering across the state and they need a solution.
Nobody wants a split in the state but when the people of one region are constantly humiliated and denied of what they should be getting, such demands keep coming. Let us show maturity in understanding social problems keeping aside the sentiments.