Andhra will flourish as a separate State THE allocation of the lions share of funds to the Telangana region by successive governments in violation of the Gentlemens Agreement of 1956 has made the carving out of a separate Andhra imperative, maintains “Pratyeka Andhra Sadhana Samithi organising secretary Sunkara Krishna Murthy. The discrimination had resulted in the neglect of both the coastal and Rayalaseema regions, he says, and points out that over 58.5 per cent of irrigation funds were being allocated to Telangana alone. Voicing concern that the people of Andhra were being treated as nonlocals and were deprived of employment opportunities in Hyderabad, he foresees rapid development of Andhra, which has abundant natural resources, including gas reserves, if it is separated. Another leader, Pilla Venkateswara Rao, said the Nagarjuna Sagar project was constructed before the formation of Andhra Pradesh at the initiative of Jawaharlal Nehru and no major project was taken up in the region subsequently. Successive governments had strived hard for the development of the Telangana region only. He said only a small number of politicians and real estate players with interests in Hyderabad were clamouring for Samaikyandhra. Andhra Rastra Samithi leader P Raghava Swamy said the Andhra and Telangana regions were forcibly merged during the formation of Andhra Pradesh to bring about a consensus on the selection of chief minister. Subsequently, whereas both regions should have been developed, no projects or works worth the name were taken up in the Andhra region. The Andhra Rashtra Samithi leader said a separate State would witness the rapid development in Real Estate of the region which was blessed with resources aplenty, a long coastline and good ports.
Posted on: Tue, 03 Jun 2014 06:04:15 +0000
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