- Santosh
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.
a. 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.
b. 45% of the state income comes from Telangana region. When it comes to utilization of funds, the share of Telangana is only 28%.
c. 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.
d. 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.
e. Fluorinated water problem is only in Nalgonda district which has not been resolved since decades.
f. 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.
g. 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.
h. 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.
i. 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.
j. 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.
k. 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.
l. 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.
m. 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
n. 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.
o. Not even a single project was completed in Telangana in the last 5 years while several projects were completed in Andhra and Rayalaseema.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Excellent comment made by Dr. Srini regarding respecting nativity to the blog of Ms. Maya Mirchindani's "Hyderabad a tale of muliple Cities"
Excellent comment made by Dr. Srini regarding respecting nativity to the blog of Ms. Maya Mirchindani's "Hyderabad a tale of muliple Cities"
http://www.ndtv.com/news/blogs/worldwide_angle/hyderabad_a_tale_of_multiple_cities.php
Posted by Dr.Srini on Dec 14, 2009
Dear Mrs.Mirchandani, I too from hyderabad, but living in newyork. I lived in several places, states in US. But i made NY as my home. You know ny is the most diverse culturally, ethnic wise, linguistically, socio-economically and historically.It is the worlds capital. It absorbs every single culture on the earth. You can see at least one person from everysingle country on the earth on the streets of manhattan. why i am sayin all this is , it has relevance as like you mentioned about your childhood things. Just because we lived here for say 10 (even you take 40-50 yrs), should we ignore the historic importance of the people who are living there even before we born. Just because we developed the places, should we claim as ours. Basically what i am trying to say, telanga issue is there even you born and infact even before your parents came to hyderabad to settle. Hyderabad is such a place , it attracted people from many parts of the world even before indepndance, for a matter of fact even before yours and my fore fore fore fathers were born on the earth. It was there as capital of hyderabad state even before the formation of todays andhrapradesh. I will give one example, suppose you have a plot(i mean real estate plot). You have it from generations, but later on some one comes and built new building for his own . Later, his children and thier children built more and more buildings but your place is same as it is before they came. Now if they claim, only because they were here, you have your livelihood. How would you feel, same feeling is there in people of telangana. No body is saying, once telangana comes, every one else should leave. How can some one think like that. We are asking separate telanga, for self respect and to stop the never ending exploitation. Today, though i am well educated, leading successful life here in US, i can revisualise the pathetic situation in the villages of telangan( i am from very backward village in telangana). Actually, I wanted to write more but my patients are waiting to see me. At the end, what i am trying to say is just dont comment on peoples agitation for telangana based on your city grew up background. Go to villages, see their life even after 62 yrs of independence. Nothing changed in last 53 yrs of andhra pradesh statehood. How can any one believe that developement will occur and those peoples live will improve in the hands of exploiting andhra politicians. One thing i can say, everyday life wont change for people like you in new telangana. You will have same pulusu and gongura. I have great respect to NDTV. YES, you have your freedom to express your views but at the end you should give other peoples version also. regards Dr.s,
http://www.ndtv.com/news/blogs/worldwide_angle/hyderabad_a_tale_of_multiple_cities.php
Posted by Dr.Srini on Dec 14, 2009
Dear Mrs.Mirchandani, I too from hyderabad, but living in newyork. I lived in several places, states in US. But i made NY as my home. You know ny is the most diverse culturally, ethnic wise, linguistically, socio-economically and historically.It is the worlds capital. It absorbs every single culture on the earth. You can see at least one person from everysingle country on the earth on the streets of manhattan. why i am sayin all this is , it has relevance as like you mentioned about your childhood things. Just because we lived here for say 10 (even you take 40-50 yrs), should we ignore the historic importance of the people who are living there even before we born. Just because we developed the places, should we claim as ours. Basically what i am trying to say, telanga issue is there even you born and infact even before your parents came to hyderabad to settle. Hyderabad is such a place , it attracted people from many parts of the world even before indepndance, for a matter of fact even before yours and my fore fore fore fathers were born on the earth. It was there as capital of hyderabad state even before the formation of todays andhrapradesh. I will give one example, suppose you have a plot(i mean real estate plot). You have it from generations, but later on some one comes and built new building for his own . Later, his children and thier children built more and more buildings but your place is same as it is before they came. Now if they claim, only because they were here, you have your livelihood. How would you feel, same feeling is there in people of telangana. No body is saying, once telangana comes, every one else should leave. How can some one think like that. We are asking separate telanga, for self respect and to stop the never ending exploitation. Today, though i am well educated, leading successful life here in US, i can revisualise the pathetic situation in the villages of telangan( i am from very backward village in telangana). Actually, I wanted to write more but my patients are waiting to see me. At the end, what i am trying to say is just dont comment on peoples agitation for telangana based on your city grew up background. Go to villages, see their life even after 62 yrs of independence. Nothing changed in last 53 yrs of andhra pradesh statehood. How can any one believe that developement will occur and those peoples live will improve in the hands of exploiting andhra politicians. One thing i can say, everyday life wont change for people like you in new telangana. You will have same pulusu and gongura. I have great respect to NDTV. YES, you have your freedom to express your views but at the end you should give other peoples version also. regards Dr.s,
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