Telangana and

Seemandhra
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Outside the Hindi- and Bengali-speaking areas
two states speaking the same language have been
created
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Telangana was born as Indias
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State in June 2014.
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The struggle for Telangana, it was argued, was not only
about creating smaller States for better administration,
alleviating the problems of backwardness, merely creating
a new State, or splitting an existing State. Telangana
movement was a genuine peoples movement for a region
that has the right to self-expression, self-rule and self-
determinism within the legal confines of the Indian
Constitution. The concerns of Seemandhra (coastal
Andhra Pradesh and Rayalaseema) regions, are assured
to be discussed and resolved amicably.
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Now that the political decision of dividing the State has
been taken, the problem of Hyderabad, river waters and
everything else can be solved by agreement or by
arbitration, it was maintained.
While a united State was not bereft of problems, a
division would by no means ensure that these
problems would disappear. The real question now
is for both the state and the central governments
to address the issues that may crop up in its wake.
The 10 Telangana districts will have 17 Lok Sabha
seats and 119 assembly constituencies.
Hyderabad city,
the present Hyderabad Metropolitan Development
Authority (HMDA), covering a total area of 7,073
sq km and with a population of over 7 million, would
serve as capital city for Telangana. Seemandhra
will develop its capital city (perhaps Vijayawada)
soon.
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Hyderabad, the capital city of Telangana:
HMDA hosts several strategic government
establishments. Of these, 28 are national
strategic establishments, adding, the
structure of Hyderabad's GDP_ differs
radically from the other regions, marking
out its economic development as different
from the rest of Telangana.
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It is crucial to reflect on the issue of the
paradigm of development that we have today,
where there is a concentration of wealth and
power in capital city of Telangana and we need
to develop a capital city for Seemandhra. The
benefits of investing in and building a new capital
for Seemandhra is a magnet for investment, on
the lines of Naya Raipur, which was built in
seven years, for the State of Chhattisgarh.
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It would be an opportunity for the people
of Seemandhra to build a new city which
can become a model with green buildings,
efficient public transport, and maybe a
Bus Rapid Transit System, which is
probably the most effective way of
managing transport in any city.
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Sri. K Chandrasekhar Rao has taken charge as CM
of Telangana, the new State, and Sri. N
Chandrababu Naidu as CM of Andhra Pradesh also
called Seemandhra. They would keep the long term
interests of their people in mind, and meet the
challenges successfully in solving any Telangana-
Andhra Pradesh dispute.
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The key issues

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Water sharing,
Irrigation and agriculture,
The city of Hyderabad,
Sharing of resources,
Taxation and revenue,
Education,
Employment.

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NATURAL RESOURCE IN
TELANGANA
Bioresource
Forest areas
Fruits growing
Mineral resource
Coal
Limestone
Bauxite
Mica

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Resource, Infrastructure
Telangana is two major rivers of south India,
Krishna and Godavari, and has a large number
of tributaries of these rivers. It is one of the
largest coal producing areas of the country. It is
rich in forest wealth and mineral resources. It
has fairly well developed assets like railway
system, industrial units and the capital city.
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An opportunity is there to tackle the outstanding issues
between the two States (Telangana -Seemandhra) within
the framework provided by the Andhra Pradesh
Reorganization Act, 2014. Hyderabad remains a joint
capital for ten years, a period to allow reinvestment and
resettlement. Allocation of employees, management of
water resources and sharing of power are contentious
subjects, to be settled through the available mechanisms.
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Telangana is a semi-arid area 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 2223 C (72
73 F) range, this is the most comfortable time of the year.

Climate

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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.
Khammam and Warangal areas have forest
resource. Also, rice is cultivated. Pulses, oilseeds
and fruits and vegetables are produced in some
districts.
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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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WATER RESOURCE UTILIZATION

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 State has to face severe challenges to meet
the energy demand to develop infrastructure.
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Telangana and economic aspects_
The revenue sharing aspect: .Even as the share of
Union taxes, non-tax revenues and grants-in-aid would
remain undisturbed post-bifurcation, among the state
tax revenues, nearly 98 per cent of the collection of
Sales Tax, State Excise Tax, Stamps and Registration
Duty and tax on vehicles were location-based and
would be collected by the respective States.
Rayalaseema, is also backward with 14 million
people, no coastline, no rainfall and not industrialised.
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There are six projects three each in Telangana
region and Andhra and Rayalaseema region based
on the surplus water of Krishna river. As much as Rs.
40,000 crores of public money had been spent and
about 80 per cent of the work had been completed.
These projects have become inter-State projects now
and a regulatory board would have to be set up to
release water allocated by the tribunal.
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WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
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Telangana is an opportunity to redesign the
architecture of governance. The focus needs to be
on resource augmentation and sustainable use and
local communities must have a role to play in that
and provide a common ground for all the
stakeholders including governments to work
together. The suggestion of forming a water-
management board, a river-management board
and other developmental corporation is a good one.
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A new capital city for SEEMANDHRA
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