TELANGANA Octob

29th State

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RIVER WATERS

Perennial rivers Godavari and Krishna are flowing

in Telangana before flowing down through other

regions and ending up in the Bay of Bengal.

Musi, Bhima, Kinnerasani and Pen Ganga are the

smaller rivers that flow in Telangana.

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Most of Godavari in Telangana is flowing 3 meters

below the surface level, so proposed irrigation projects

are lift Irrigation system, which needs huge amounts of

energy to ensure the proper function of system.

The newly separated state has to face severe

challenges to meet the energy demand to develop

infrastructure.

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The Krishna Water Dispute Tribunal shares water with

Indian states Maharashtra (560TMC), Karnataka (700TMC),

and Andhra Pradesh (800TMC). Within Andhra Pradesh,

68.5% of Krishna catchment is lying in the Telangana region,

but allocation of water for Telangana region was 34.73%,

while Coastal Andhra got 48.5% with 13% catchment area,

and Rayalaseema with 18.3% catchment receiving only

16.7% water.

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After separate state formation, the existing dispute over

Krishna and Godavari river water will become more

severe between Telangana and other regions.

As far as Godavari Waters Disputes Tribunal, allocated

1480TMC goes to Andhra Pradesh.

Within the state, 79% goes to Telangana whereas

remaining 21% to coastal Andhra. After the formation of

new state, Telangana should get 1,169TMC of water.

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Andhra Pradesh has witnessed the highest rate

of farmer suicides and irrigation has been a

sensitive issue.

As a result, over Rs 1,86,000 crore for

„Jalayagnam‟ program comprising of 86 major

and minor irrigation projects, was announced in

2005 for farmers

NATURAL RESOURCE IN TELANGANA

bioresource

Forest areas

Fruits growing

Mineral resource

Coal

Limestone

Bauxite

Mica

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Climate

Telangana is a semi-arid area within Andhra Pradesh and

has a predominantly hot and dry climate. Summers start in

March, and peak in May with average high temperatures in

the 42 °C (108 °F) range. The monsoon arrives in June and

lasts until September with about 755 mm (29.7-inch) of

precipitation. A dry, mild winter starts in late November and

lasts until early February. With little humidity and average

temperatures in the 22–23 °C (72–73 °F) range, this is the

most comfortable time of the year.

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Will the creation of a separate state like Telangana mean

more efficient management of state resources?

Telangana – what does it stand for?

Is it meeting with any such paradigm of social groups or

is it just speculation of common people?

There are many critical approaches to understanding

the very movement of the separate state.

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The 10 Telangana districts that form a separate state will

have 17 Lok Sabha seats and 119 assembly constituencies.

Not only is the present „Hyderabad Metropolitan

Development Authority‟ (HMDA), covering a total area of

7,073 sq km and with a population of over 7 million, almost

twice the size of Goa and even bigger than the National

Capital Territory of Delhi, it also hosts several „strategic‟

government establishments.

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Of these, 28 are related to national defence or strategic

establishments, says the Committee report, adding, the

structure of Hyderabad‟s GDP “differs radically from the

other regions”, marking out its economic development as

different from the rest of Andhra Pradesh.

Hence, neither Telangana nor Seemandhra people wish

to lose Hyderabad.

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A brief look at Telangana shows its issue to be staggeringly

multi-layered, enmeshed by historical, linguistic, cultural,

natural resources – employment, administrative and political

factors. So much so, the Srikrishna panel gave as many as

six options that could help resolve this long-pending demand

from 1945 in a way, since the Communists-backed peasants

struggle against the „Zamindari‟ rule and landlordism in

Telangana region. The later Naxal movement in A P had

partly its genesis in this anti-Zamindari struggle.

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First major agitation for separation of Telangana started in

1969. Then a six-point formula set up a separate „Planning

and Development Board‟ for each of the three regions of the

State to ensure a United AP. This only reinforced the

Telangana people‟s apprehensions that they were „colonised‟

by the better educated and politically savvy dominant castes

from the coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions. The BJP

sought to take up its cause with its „Warrangal resolution‟ in

1997.

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In fact, the Srikrishna Committee‟s report is a big analysis of

all these factors till the latest phase of the Telangana

agitation under the TRS banner since 2001. The BJP-led

NDA at the Centre under A.B. Vajpayee‟s leadership

unwittingly gave this movement an extra fillip by carving out

three new States of Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh and

Jharkhand, from the bigger States Uttar Pradesh, Madhya

Pradesh and Bihar respectively premised on „smaller states

ensure better inclusive development‟.

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After all its painstaking work, the Srikrishna Committee plumped for its

sixth option. “On balance, it found the most workable option in the

given circumstances, in the interests of the social and economic

welfare of people of all the three regions” in the Panel‟s sixth option

that:

the State be kept united by simultaneously providing definite

Constitutional measures for “socio-economic development and political

empowerment of Telangana region”. This it emphasised, was different

from merely maintaining the present status quo.

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Though the “demand for separate Telangana has some merit,” the Committee

categorically said to split the State only if it is “unavoidable and if the decision

can be reached amicably amongst all the three regions”. In that eventuality,

Hyderabad will continue to be a joint capital, “until a new capital for

Seemandhra is created,” the panel said, ranking it as its second best option.

The panel‟s other four options included bifurcating the State into „Rayala -

Telangana‟ (merging four districts of backward Rayalaseema with the Telangana

districts and Hyderabad being part of it) and „coastal Andhra‟, and bifurcation

with making an enlarged Hyderabad metropolis as a Union Territory, housing

the capitals of both the divided units a la Chandigarh.

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Alternatively, the State could be bifurcated with „Telangana‟

and „Seemandhra‟ having their own capitals and

Hyderabad retained as a Union Territory, the Committee

said. However, to maintain status quo – the panel‟s „least

favoured‟ option – will only deepen the political crisis on

both sides of the divide and could make the Telangana

agitation even more emotional with the Maoist-extremist

elements already joining hands with the TRS, it warned,

adding, “some intervention is definitely required”.

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Dividing a State does not necessarily address the issues of

under-development and socio-economic backwardness. The

division may harm federalism, secularism and lead to dilution

of democratic institutions. The safety of people from Coastal

Andhra and Rayalaseema who have settled in Hyderabad

for generations now is a serious issue for many. There are

serious water-sharing issues too that, if ignored by the

Centre, could spell the death-knell of farming in the Godavari

and Krishna delta areas, India‟s rice bowl.

Group of Ministers

A six-member GoM plans

to submit its report to the

government before the

winter session of

parliament and a draft bill

for carving out Telangana

state will be based on its

recommendations.

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New Delhi: The govt. has

received around 2,000 email

suggestions related to the

bifurcation of A P to be placed

before the G o M, Home

Minister Shinde said in New

Delhi on Oct. 19, Saturday.

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Home Minister Shinde, head of GoM, said the

Ministerial panel will first meet Secretaries of

various central ministries and Depts on Nov. 11 to

hear their views on mode of bifurcating A P and

distribution of assets between the two states. The

political parties are: Congress, BJP, Telugu Desam Party,

CPI, CPI (M), Telangana Rashtra Samiti, YSR Congress and

All India Majlis-e- Ittehadul Muslimeen.

G o M to make recommendations on

boundaries of Telangana,

division of bureaucracy and

sharing of assets and resources,

river water and irrigation projects

within six weeks, say January 2014

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The Cabinet note says that the G o M would “work

out the various legal and administrative measures to

ensure the safety and security of residents of all the

regions of the State.” The GoM has also been

mandated to “go into the various issues which

concern both States (Telangana and Andhra

Pradesh) and suggest appropriate measures to

address them.” 25

G o M will also “work out the modalities for

provision of special financial disbursements

required for the setting up of a new capital for

the residuary State of Andhra Pradesh

[Seemandhra] and to meet the special needs

of the backward regions and districts of the

two States.”

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The Telangana region has

an area of 114,840 square

kilometres (44,340 sq mi),

and a population of

35,286,757 (2011 census)

which is 41.6% of Andhra

Pradesh state population.

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A suggestion…for Seemandhra

Ongole as the capital of Seemandhra state.

It is located midway between regions. Plenty of government

land is available to construct new capital. As Ongole is the

part of greater Rayalaseema region proposed by them, there

should not be any objection to Rayalaseema people to make

Ongole as a capital of Seemandhra.

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Another suggestion… for Seemandhra

Visakhapatnam (Vizag) is only about 50 km from

Vijayanagaram, and being the main industrial base in the

coastal belt of AP, would prosper.

Vijayawada could be the capital, because of the city's

political history and background, would pave the way for

development there. Vijayawada can be the political capital,

but Vizag can be the economic capital.

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Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS)

chief K Chandrasekhar Rao

categorically stated that after the

formation of a new state,

employees from Seemandhra

would have to vacate posts held in

Telangana region.

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Jagan Mohan Reddy, the YSR Congress chief, has

responded to the ministerial group stating that the decision

to create a separate Telangana be rescinded. The Congress,

and the main opposition Telugu Desam Party are split down

the middle on the statehood for Telangana issue. Both parties

will meet to discuss their response to the Centre. Congress

leaders from Seemandhra will meet Chief Minister

Kiran Kumar Reddy while Telangana leaders are

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Seemandhra employees were up in arms

against the proposal of the state division and

struck work for 66 days, demanding the

government to address their concerns over job

security and status of Hyderabad.

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October 25, 2013

The resolution could be defeated in the state assembly,

but it is hoped that Parliament would vote in favour of

Telangana.

"The Seemandhra MLAs constitute majority in the A P

assembly with more than 170 seats while the Telangana

region comprises of only 119 MLAs. Since the majority

of the number matters, the resolution could be defeated

in the state assembly," it was told to reporters at a press

conference in Delhi.

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Parliament would vote in favour of Telangana with

the support of Congress, the BJP, the CPI and

perhaps the TDP. There are some genuine

apprehensions about water distribution,

employment potentiality, about their future in

Hyderabad

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If Telangana is formed

Telugu people tolerate each other, and be friends, with animosities disappearing ?

All resources of ten districts will be used within the ten districts.

Both Andhra and Telangana states will be rich and there is a wide scope for harmony and brotherhood among ‘separated brothers’

Water can be objectively divided and scientifically used to irrigate both states. Add desalination plants too?

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“The time is ripe. And we see that our brothers

from coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema have

reconciled also. We can see that in spite of all

the media speculation, there is neither much

resistance nor apprehension as there was three

years back. We believe Telangana has to be

delivered at this juncture.”