HISTORY OF NAGARKURNOOL Nagarkurnool is a town in Mahabubnagar district, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is the business and education center for the surrounding villages and towns. Nagarkurnool is located in between 16.48 degrees northern longitude and 78.32 eastern latitude, this Town is situated approximately 458.0 m above sea level. Nagarkurnool falls under semi-arid tropical regions. Nagarkurnool was named after the Kings Naganna and Kandana, the brothers who ruled the present Nagarkurnool and surrounding area. The village Naganool (which was named after Naganna still exists, approximately 1 km south east of Nagarkurnool. Nagarkurnool has a history of more than 500 years almost 110– 120 years ago, Nagarkurnool was a main junction for transport and also district headquarter for most of south Telangana region, farmers traveling this area would buy and apply kandena to their carts. Kandena is a greasy material applied to cart wheels to run smoothly. The name Kandanool (Ooru), which sells kandena, eventually became Kurnool (Chinna Kurnool) and then Nagarkurnool. More than 70% of people still build upon their lives on farming; the main crops are Castor, Jawar, Rice, Maize, etc. Nagarkurnool is a major grampanchayat. It is the second fully computerized Panchayat office in Andhra Pradesh, after Ram chandrapuram in Medak. Elections are held every 5 years to elect the Sarpanch. The present Member of Legislative assembly of Nagarkurnool is Dr. Janardhan Reddy Nagam, and Member of parliament is Dr M.Jagannadham, M.P seat is reserved for S.Cs,for easy governance Nagarkurnool is categorized as a Revenue division, there are 72 revenue divisions in Andhra Pradesh. Unfortunately, the member of Legislative Assembly and Member of Parliament are not in position to concentrate on the problems facing by the people of constituency, they are engaged in their personal agenda which is unconnected with the people, they want to safeguard and protect their political existence at the cost of people. Facilities for the poor people are ignored by the elected representatives no development in past several years, nobody is caring about the development.
Posted on: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 03:10:56 +0000
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