Telangana

A new State that will be formed by

bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.

Telangana consists of the 10

districts of Hyderabad, Adilabad,

Khammam, Karimnagar,

Mahbubnagar, Medak, Nalgonda,

Nizamabad, Rangareddy, and

Warangal.

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District Area

(Sq. km)

Population

(2001)

Head-quarters

RASMA 1 Ananthapur 19,130 36,39,304 Ananthapur 2 Chittoor 15,152 37,37,437 Chittoor 3 Cudappah 15,359 25,92,048 Cudappah 4 Kurnool 17,658 35,24,073 Kurnool ANDRA 1 East Godavari 10.807 48,97,777 Kakinada 2 Guntur 11,391 44,55,445 Guntur 3 Krishna 8,734 41,81,071 Machilipatnam 4 Nellore 13,076 26,65,009 Nellore 5 Prakasam 17,626 30,54,921 Ongole 6 Srikakulam 5,837 25,31,752 Srikakulam 7 Visakhapatnam 11,161 38,16,820 Visakhapatnam 8 Vzianagaram 6,539 22,43,354 Vzianagaram 9 W. Godavari 7,742 37,99,213 Eluru TELGN 1 Adilabad 16,128 24,89,312 Adilabad 2 Hyderabad 217 38,26,094 Hyderabad 3 Karimnagar 11,823 35,00,876 Karimnagar 4 Khammam 16,029 25,69,158 Khammam 5 Mahaboobnagar 18,432 35,09,182 Mahaboobnagar 6 Medak 9,699 26,63,783 Sangareddy 7 Nalgonda 14,240 32,45,400 Nalgonda 8 Nizamabad 7,956 23,39,459 Nizamabad 9 Ranga Reddy 7,493 35,87,891 Hyderabad 10 Warrangal 12,846 32,41,864 Warrangal

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Telangana

Telangana is a region within the state of Andhra Pradesh,

that was formerly part of Hyderabad State ruled by the

Nizams.

Andhra Pradesh State has three main cultural regions:

Telangana, Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema.

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. The Andhra State came into effect from

October 1, 1953 with Kurnool as its capital city.

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Grievances of Telangana proponents

Proponents of a separate Telangana state cite

perceived injustices in the distribution of water, budget

allocations, and jobs.

Within the state of Andhra Pradesh, 68.5% of the

catchment area of the Krishna River and 69% of the

catchment area of the Godavari River are in the

Telangana region.

Telangana supporters state that the benefits of

irrigation through the canal system under major

irrigation projects is accruing substantially, 74.25%, to

the Coastal Andhra region, while the share to

Telangana is 18.20%. The remaining 7.55% goes to

the Rayalaseema region.

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According to the Backward Regions Grant Fund

2009 –10, of the thirteen backward districts located in

Andhra Pradesh: nine (all except Hyderabad) are from

Telangana.

A Telangana Rebellion happened earlier, that was a

peasant revolt supported by the Communists. It took

place in the former princely state of Hyderabad

between 1946 and 1951. It was led by the Communist

Party of India.

The revolt began in the Nalgonda district against the

feudal lords of Reddy and Velama castes. 6

It quickly spread to the Warangal and Bidar districts.

Peasant farmers and labourers revolted against the

local feudal landlords (jagirdars and deshmukhs) and

later against the King of Hyderabad State.

The violent phase of the movement ended after the

central government sent in the army.

Starting in 1951, the CPI shifted to a more moderate

strategy of seeking to bring communism to India

within the framework of Indian democracy

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Since Telangana was merged with Andhra state to

form Andhra Pradesh state in 1956, there have been

several agitations in Telangana to invalidate the

merger and to form Telangana state.

• In 1971 people voted for Telangana by electing 11 of

13 seats to Parliament.

• In 2004 people of both Telangana and Andhra voted

out TDP Government which went with manifesto of

United State, gave a positive verdict for Telangana

by electing Congress TRS with huge margin.

• In 2009 also people voted for Telangana.

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On 30 July 2013, the ruling Congress party resolved

to request the Central government to make steps in

accordance with the Constitution to form a separate

state of Telangana, within a definite time frame. At

present Hyderabad is not contiguous with Seemandhra.

If the Nalgonda district goes to Seemandhra, then this

would enable Hyderabad to be a border city of Telangana

and Seemandhra. The city of Hyderabad would serve

as the joint capital of Telangana and Andhra

Pradesh for ten years.

Telangana is on an elevated plateau. Godavari and

Krishna, flow through the area, but most of the land is

arid.

Northern Telangana gets between 900 to 1500mm

rainfall per year from the southwest monsoons.

Various soil types abound here, including chalks, red

sandy soils, dubbas, deep red loamy soils, and very

deep b.c. soils that facilitate planting mangoes, oranges

and flowers.

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Southern Telangana gets 700 to 900mm rainfall per

year, also from the southwest monsoons.

The red earths with loamy sub-soils (chalkas) in

these parts facilitate planting oranges, mangoes,

vegetables, sapotas and flowers.

From Godavari out of 1430 TMC allocated,

Telangana is entitled to get 760 TMC whereas the

actual allocation is just 200 TMC. Godavari waters

irrigate over 12 lakh acres in Andhra while it is only 4

lakh acres in Telangana.

About 45% of the forest area in Andhra Pradesh state

is located in Telangana, spread across five districts.

Around 20% of the coal deposits of India are found in

Telangana. The Singareni Collieries Company

excavates coal for industrial purposes and for fuelling

power generating plants. The power generated here

supplies the entire south India. There are limestone

deposits in the area, which are exploited by cement

factories. Telangana has deposits of bauxite and

mica.

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About 76% of the population of Telangana speak

Telugu, 12% speak Urdu, and 12% speak other

languages. Before 1948, Urdu was the official

language of Hyderabad State, and due to a lack of

Telugu-language educational institutions, Urdu was

the language of the educated elite of Telangana.

After 1948, once Hyderabad State joined the new

Republic of India, Telugu became the language of

government, and as Telugu was introduced as the

medium of instruction in schools and colleges, the

use of Urdu among non-Muslims decreased.

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UNIVERSITIES IN ANDHRA

Osmania was established by Nizam in 1918

Nagarjuna University- Guntur : 1976

Srikrishna devaraya University-

Anantapur:1978

Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam -

Tirupathi : 1983

NTR University of Health Sciences –

Vijayawada : 1986

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UNIVERSITIES IN ANDHRA

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UNIVERSITIES

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Seemandhra (Coastal Andhra and Rayalseema

combined which is what will be left after

Telangana is formed) is now benefited from

Telangana, which is rich in industry and, more

primarily from a southern perspective, water.

Of the three regions of Andhra Pradesh,

Telangana has the largest area (114,800 square

kilometres). The Deccan plateau has two major

rivers - the Godavari and Krishna.

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Of this, Telangana alone has some 69 per cent of the

Krishna river and 79 per cent of the Godavari

catchment area. Besides, Telangana is also drained

by minor rivers such as Manair, Bhima, Dindi,

Kinnerasani, Manjeera, Munneru, Moosi, Penganga,

Praanahita, Peddavagu and Taliperu. Once

Telangana and Seemandhra are born, water disputes

would have to be faced and solved as more water

would be utilized to develop regions of Telangana

and the other region will receive far less a share.

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Telangana is one of the three regions of Andhra

Pradesh. The other two - the 13 districts of

Rayalaseema and Coastal Andhra regions are jointly

called "Seemandhra". This region opposes the

bifurcation.

These were in total shutdown with shops, schools

and offices closed following the 48-hour strike called

by anti-Telangana protesters. National Highway 5,

which connects Chennai to Kolkata, had been

blocked at various places in Andhra Pradesh.

Anti-Telangana protesters block the road in

Ananthapuram on Friday

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Oct 6, 2013, 12.12 PM IST

HYDERABAD: An indefinite strike launched on

Sunday by electricity employees of Rayalaseema

and the coastal region of Andhra Pradesh hit power

supply in six districts of the state and also forced the

railways to cancel train services.

Hundreds of villages in six coastal Andhra districts

plunged into darkness as the electricity employees

went on an indefinite strike to protest the Centre's

decision to create a separate Telangana state.

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Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Friday

said a 10-member Group of Ministers (GoM) would give

its report within six weeks comprising recommendations

on various crucial issues, including the boundary of the

new State, so that the bill on the new State could be

tabled in Parliament in the winter session.

It would make recommendations on the boundaries of

Telangana, division of bureaucracy and sharing of

assets and resources, including river water and

irrigation projects.

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The GoM includes Ministers for Home, Finance, Law,

Water Resources, Human Resource Development,

Urban Development, Road Transport and Highways,

Power and Personnel Ministers, besides the Planning

Commission Deputy Chairman.

The Cabinet note says that the GoM would ―work out

the various legal and administrative measures to

ensure the safety and security of residents of all the

regions of the State.‖

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Since the Cabinet has recommended that ―the

city of Hyderabad will function as the common

capital for both the States for a period of 10

years,‖ the GoM would have to look into the

legal and administrative measures required to

ensure that both State governments function

efficiently from Hyderabad.

The GoM will also study issues related to law

and order in the region.

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After five decades of independence, Seemandhra is

better off. It has a superfluous fishing industry, special

economic zone in Vizag and power generation

capacity of nearly 5,626 MW from both thermal and

hydel projects against the demand of 4,000 MW from

all categories of consumers. But the loss of Telangana

which is rich in natural resources and has filled the

combined state's treasury thus far, is still too big. In a

way, after nearly six decades of spoonfeeding, the new

state being born is actually Seemandhra and not

Telangana.

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Hyderabad: The task force named by the central

government to study security related issues following

the decision to split Andhra Pradesh began its work

in Hyderabad on 29 Oct (Tuesday) by meeting police

officials.

The task force headed by security advisor to central

home ministry K Vijaya Kumar arrived in Hyderabad

on Tuesday and began consultations with top police

officials and former directors general of police. Vijaya

Kumar said the team would stay in Hyderabad for

two to three days.

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The panel is expected to go into various issues,

especially law and order in Hyderabad in the next 10

years when it would be the joint capital of Telangana

and residuary state of Andhra Pradesh.

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Speeding up the process for formation of

Telangana state, the central government

Monday set up the task force to study the law

and order situation in the state, particularly in

Hyderabad, in the post-bifurcation period.

The task force is likely to submit its report to

the group of ministers set up by the home

ministry to work out modalities for forming a

separate Telangana state.

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The panel is expected to go into various

issues, especially law and order in Hyderabad

in the next 10 years when it would be the joint

capital of Telangana and residuary state of

Andhra Pradesh. The people of Seemandhra

(Rayalaseema and coastal Andhra) living in

Hyderabad have been demanding that their

security concerns be addressed before the

bifurcation.

Hyderabad as a permanent common capital ?

At present Hyderabad would not be

contiguous with Seemandhra. There is an

alternative proposal for Seemandhra which

could resolve the issue of Hyderabad as a

permanent common capital. This proposal

means that if the Nalgonda district goes to

Seemandhra, then this would enable

Hyderabad to be a border city of Telangana

and Seemandhra.

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Seemandhra without Telangana can also

focus on its core strengths like ports, fisheries

etc. As for Hyderabad it's an overrated city,

Vishakapatnam can easily become a BPO.

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‗In a separate Telangana state include the 13

Seemandhra districts in the new state,‖ was how anti-

Telangana protestors in Visakhapatnam demanded.

During our 800-km journey from Hyderabad to

Vijayanagaram – the latest hotspot in Seemandhra —

the first road-block came around 5.00am as we entered

Vijayawada. The activists in Vijayawada – in the news

during the past few days because of the power-cuts –

were civil and eager to convey their views on the

bifurcation Andhra Pradesh to the ―national media‖

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It continued till Visakhapatnam, the only big-scale

city in Seemandhra, about 50 km from

Vijayanagaram. And the protesters came in all

shapes, sizes and backgrounds like 13-year-old

Srinivas, who declared: ―I want Hyderabad.‖

At Mallepalli, about 30 km beyond Rajahmundry on

the same highway, a group of students – some

armed with lathis – held up traffic. MR Murty, a 19-

year-old student, stepped forward as the group

spokesman: ―Hyderabad gives us jobs and

education. If it goes, we‘ll be left with nothing.‖

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The mood was different in Visakhapatnam district. ―We

have been out on the streets for two months, but no

Delhi newspaper or TV channel looked at us. When

there is violence against Sonia Gandhi‘s man Botsa

Satyanarayana (the much-maligned state Congress

chief), you came running,‖ said school teacher G

Rajeswari. Durga Prasad, a local farmer, was very

clear why he didn‘t want Telangana. ―We will not get

water if Telangana happens, and this prosperous region

will become barren in a few years.‖ All the major rivers

flow from Telangana to Seemandhra.