E-Buses, Cars to Ply on Hyderabad Roads

 

By V V Balakrishna | ENS

Published: 15th December 2015 03:25 AM

Last Updated: 15th December 2015 03:38 AM

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  Telangana Transport department principal secretary Sunil Sharma inspecting an electric auto-rickshaw in New Delhi | EPS

HYDERABAD:  Will Hyderabadis be finally able to breathe fresh air? Will we be able to get rid of those dirty buses and badly maintained trucks spewing thick black fumes that choke the city roads? Well, the report of the World Health Organisation (WHO) that revealed the high pollution levels in Indian cities has served as an eye-opener for the government. Soon, electric buses, cars and non-polluting auto-rickshaws will crisscross the city roads.

The Telangana State government is expected to place orders for for around 20 electric buses and 10 to 20 e-cars under the FAME India scheme, which will promote environment friendly road transport system in major cities across the country.

Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric vehicles in India (FAME-India) aims to bring down pollution levels in the cities. The Central government has proposed to provide Rs 795 crore to promote electric vehicles in the cities during the first two fiscals from this year.

Transport department principal secretary Sunil Sharma, who recently attended a meeting conducted by the Union government in Delhi, said the state will partner with the Union government to implement the scheme. “The state government will send a detailed proposal to ply electric vehicles in a week’s time,” Sunil Sharma told Express on Monday.

While the operation cost for diesel and petrol vehicles is abourd Rs 10 to Rs 15 per kilometre, electric-powered vehicles can ply at an expense of 20 paise to 80 paise per kilometre. “I have suggested bus stations, cinema halls, parking slots, petrol bunks to provide charging facility  the electric vehicles,” Sunil Sharma said.

Already, there is a five year motor vehicle tax exemption in the state for electric vehicles. The Central government has suggested the States to give VAT exemption too.

Tenders Soon for 3 Barrages on Godavari

 By V V Balakrishna

Published: 23rd January 2016 04:27 AM

Last Updated: 23rd January 2016 04:27 AM

HYDERABAD: The state government is all set to invite tenders for three barrages to be constructed as part of the Kaleshwaram Lift irrigation project, with an estimated cost of `13,594 crore.

Tenders will also be invited for `7,451 crore for Integrated Tummugudem Lift Irrigation Scheme to irrigate 5 lakh acres in Khammam district.

“Everything including tender papers are ready. The government will invite tenders very soon,” official sources in the irrigation department told Express on Friday.

Three barrages that are coming up as part of Kaleshwaram LIS are Medigadda, Annaram and Sundilla.

According to sources, the Maharashtra government too gave its nod to invite tenders to Annaram and Sundilla and the agreement for Medigadda will be signed between Maharashtra and Telangana governments this week. “We are also inviting tenders for Medigadda. We are 100 per cent sure that the Maharashtra government will sign agreement for Medigadda barrage.

The state government proposed Medigadda barrage with a height of 103 metres. Even if the Maharashtra objected for 103 metres height, then the State is willing to put crest gates at a height of 101 metres. At 103 metres height, it is estimated that 13,074 hectares of land will submerge under backwaters both in TS and Maharashtra states.

TUMMADI HATTI PLACE TO CHANGE?: Meanwhile, official sources said the government has asked for a fresh and detailed project report for Tummadi Hatti barrage in the wake of the state government reducing the height of the barrage from 152 metres to 148 metres as requested by the Maharashtra government.

Tollywood Tours to Enchant Fans, Fill Telangana Coffers

By V V Balakrishna

Published: 14th January 2016 04:29 AM

Last Updated: 14th January 2016 06:42 AM

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HYDERABAD: Wanna meet your favourite silver screen stars? Gone are the days when you jostled with fans to catch a glimpse of your favourite actors and actresses in Tollywood. For the Telangana Tourism department is planning to introduce Tollywood-Tourism, offering movie buffs an opportunity to visit studios and shooting locations.

The plan is to take tourists to the studios, recording theatres and locations charging nominal fee. But, the Tourism department will not give an assurance that the tourists can interact with any star or technician. They will arrange buses and take people to shooting locations. If the movie buffs are lucky enough, they can meet their ‘screen gods’ and have a photo session too. You may also get a chance to watch live shoots. If you are lucky enough, you may even get an opportunity to chat with your favourite celebrity. And god willing, you may even get a career chance in Tollywood. Tollywood Tourism will also help diehard film fans, who are desperate to get an opportunity to explore the tinsel world. If they are lucky enough, they can talk to the directors and producers and try their luck in the film industry. 

 

Telangana Tourism secretary B Venkatesham will forward a formal request to the Tollywood to start the “Tollywood Tourism”.

Post bifurcation, Hyderabad is the only film capital for both the states. “People from even AP come to Hyderabad and visit studios and other places,” officials said.

“It is a novel idea to start Tollywood Tourism,” said film producer Dil Raju. Tourism secretary Venkatesham discussed the idea with Dil Raju on Wednesday.

“The department will soon consult other producers like Daggubati Suresh Babu. Later, a formal letter will be sent to the film chamber to launch an innovative tourism package,” official sources revealed.

The Maharashtra Tourism department has already started Bollywood Tourism with three kinds of packages. If Telangana Tourism fixes a tariff of Rs 1,000 per head and has a minimum 500 tourists daily, the department will earn crores through the initiative, claimed the official.

“If our Tollywood Tourism plans work out, then around 25 percent of the revenue will be set aside for the welfare of those artistes or technicians who are in dire conditions. This initiative will also help the industry,” officials in Tourism Department said.

Meanwhile, the State government is also making arrangements like introducing single-window permission to encourage Tollywood to conduct shootings at various tourist spots in Telangana districts.

KCR's 5-pronged Strategy for T-infra Boost in 2019

By V V Balakrishna

Published: 25th October 2015 04:08 AM

Last Updated: 25th October 2015 04:08 AM

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HYDERABAD:If Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu is harping on a media blitzkrieg to popularise his development plans, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao is a silent operator. He has his own strategies and his own vision for the sustained development of the newborn state. It seems there is more than what meets the eyes of the media in KCR’s strategies.

According to sources close to Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, the TRS chief is a master strategist who has drawn up a blueprint of his strategies for the works to be taken up during the next four years. The blueprint has a detailed sketch for the development of five core sectors, which will witness remarkable development during his tenure, said sources.

The five core sectors are irrigation, drinking water projects, welfare schemes, power and employment. The achievement in these core sectors will help TRS to seek mandate for development plant, sources added.

It is said that the defence ministry has cleared the LIDAR survey, taken up for the first time in the country by Telangana government, for irrigation purpose. This will help the state government to fine tune its irrigation policy.

The State government, it is learnt, is now on the job of giving final touches to its much-awaited irrigation policy, on which the government plans to spend Rs 25,000 crore annually during the next four years.

Once, the Irrigation policy is ready, Rao will give a power point presentation to MLAs and MLCs of all the parties to explain his vision.

In a surprise move KCR revealed his development plans through a power point presentation to his confidantes at his camp office on Wednesday, in which revealed his vision for Telangana in 2019.

According to the plan, all ongoing major and medium irrigation projects - 12 major and 13 medium - will be completed during the next two years at an expense of Rs 4,000 crore. Besides, Rao will give an impetus to Kaleswaram Lift Irrigation and Rangareddy-Palamuru Lift Irrigation projects.

Rao’s next priority is to develop Telangana as an investment hub. Already, several Chinese and foreign companies have held talks and signed MoUs with the government. “Though the Union government has announced Make in India project, no State in the country has been successful to attract a big industries so far. Telangana is the only state to attract industrial investment in a big way,” claimed an IAS officer.

On the Welfare front, Telangana is spending a whopping Rs 24,000 crore annually for various welfare schemes. No other state in the country is spending this much amount for the needy. Schemes like Aasara pensions, Re-1-a-kg rice and others have been much lauded, the official pointed out.

The youth, who boycotted classes during the Telangana movement, are now busy preparing for government jobs. With the announcement of a massive recruitment drive by the State government, the youth are happy to grab the opportunity.

The two-bed-room housing programme launched by Rao and the decision to use pre-fabricated technology to build houses have raised the hopes of the common man to realise their dreams of owning a house.

Court Poets?

In addition to the development and welfare programmes, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has also decided to accord utmost priority to literature and culture. According to reliable sources, Rao is all set to appoint court poets (Aasthana Kavulu) for the state government. This practice was discontinued by former Chief Minister NT Rama Rao, who removed Daasarathi Krishnamacharyulu as Aasthana Kavi of AP government.

CHANDI YAGAM

Meanwhile, Rao is all set to perform Chandi Yagam at his farm house in Yerravalli village in Medak district from December 23 to 27. Rao had announced earlier that he would perform the Chandi Yagam, invoking goddess, if Telangana state is carved out.

KCR’s 5-pronged Plan for T- Infra Boost

Irrigation: Plans to spend Rs 25,000 per annum on irrigation projects. 12 major and 13medium projects to be completed in two years

Drinking water: Plan to provide drinking water to each and every house hold. Water grid project to be taken up in a big way

Power: Plan to end power crisis in the state. KCR has directed officials to ensure 9 hours uninterrupted power for farmers

Welfare: State is spending Rs 24,000 crore annually on welfare aid. Schemes like Aasara pensions, Re-1-a-kg rice and others have been much lauded.

Employment: With the announcement of a massive recruitment drive by the State government, the youth are happy to grab the opportunity. The government move to fill vacancies has inspired youths.

KCR Advises 'Third Class' Andhra Not to Compete with Telangana on Every Issue

 By Express News Service

Published: 22nd February 2015 06:01 AM

Last Updated: 22nd February 2015 08:10 AM

HYDERABAD: Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Saturday called AP a ‘third class’ State and advised it to desist from comparing itself with Telangana but in the same breath, he made it clear that ‘Andhra’ journalists working in the State will never be discriminated against.

Speaking at an interactive session with journalists at the TS Press Academy, whose nomenclature was changed to the Media Academy of TS, Rao expressed his displeasure with the AP government for hyphenating itself with Telangana on every issue. “AP has fallen in a pit by constantly comparing itself with Telangana. Financially, Telangana is in a better position than AP,” he said, adding “if at all Telangana has to be measured, it must be against Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala... definitely not AP.”
Explaining further, he pointed out, “The urban population of TS stands at 40.6% while that of AP has fallen to 22.5. TS GDP is more than the national average. That was why we announced 43% fitment to employees. AP followed suit but the burden on it is over `10,000 crore. I heard it is looking for loans to pay Feb salaries.” On curbs on media at the Secretariat, he said  that would be decided later. However, he said he was pained to see negative stories in a section of the media. “It’s okay if there is 80% truth and the remaining gossip. But, one or two media houses are targeting the government. If media has the right to question, the government too has the same right,” he said, adding it would be irritating to see gossip daily.

“When I read a story on metro rail, my blood boiled. These are against the State’s interest,” he said.




ramarao • 6 days ago
there is no point in participating in the discussion if indian express does not publish comments even after three days of posting it on the pretext of moderation
 
kavyanvitha • 6 days ago
Why is KCR against lower classes of society? Telangana has majority of so called "third class" people. If all those people vote against him in 2019, he will loose deposit in siddipet itself.
 

Sudheer • 6 days ago
There is no concept of common capital in the Constitution. This is just to make people from Andhra region happy. The total control over hyd is with Telangaana government.
I really don't know, why the people from andhra didn't realize even after being betrayed by the politicians from their own land.
 

chandra • 7 days ago
KCR is so right in calling AP a third class state. Its people are totally totally third class, business minded, who even make their own wife a prostitute for a few extra bucks. Most people in so called Andhra cities like Vijayawada, Vizag and Kurnool, Cuddapah don't even know Hindi, our national language or for that matter don't understand English also properly. Ee naa kodulaki KCR vachinanka Hyderabad chethailakeli poyyinanka yaadana kaali erraga aipoyindhi. eellu konna real estate antha kuppa kooli bicham ethukkune paristhithi. Engineering college lalla veelle, MNC job lalla veelle, government job lalla veelle, HItec city la veelle, apartments veellave, Hyderabad antha maade antara nee ayyallaaara, ippudu soodundri, 60 years of making us slaves has got one GOD KCR to take our ultimate revenge. Now suffering of a life time awaits you. ALL THE BEST.....JAI TELANGANA JAI JAI TELANGANA....

Suresh • 7 days ago
Low class thinking people always speak low class only and better not to mention about cheap devide and rule leaders...........who knows nothing about our telugu culture and values (which always respect others).

Indian 7 days ago
kcr said not to compare,paid media wrires compete,this people are fucking dick heads like chandrababu.Karnataka cm openly insults A.P cm,eve after all warm welcome that chandrababu enjoys with TS CM,his party meembers abuses our cm,they do not deserve the respect kcr is giving for A.P cm.

k naresh • 7 days ago
what kcr told is correct donot compare with other state each state have its own identity


rajesh • 7 days ago
KCR got piece of cake with no hard work. Every thing in Telangana was only due to Chandrababu naidu . In the next 10 years to come Andra will be no 01 and telangana will be the poorest state in the country and this will be due to one asshole KCR


Sivaram • 7 days ago
Sir,

I am Very sorry about your announcement of 43% fitment to
state govt. employees who spread all over
the Telangana state. Because of this
one section of the society gets benefit and the other section gets the
punishment. In such a position how can you justify that your decision is
correct.

Sivaram • 7 days ago
Sir,

I am Very sorry about your announcement of 43% fitment to
state govt. employees who spread all over
the Telangana state. Because of this
one section of the society gets benefit and the other section gets the
punishment.


rahul • 7 days ago
what development Mr.KCR you talk about in Telengana Other than capital city by forgetting that it was wrestwhile government development, not by you or your party or so called Nizam. where is the development in any other areas of state ? Wait & watch in two years time, once BJP gets full majority in Upper house, politics will play nicely to revise the entire reorganization act and wealth share % will be reversed with AP. Many things will change. You & your jokers are announcing thousands and lakhs of schemes whereas your revenue is falling which neither you or your jokers can complete in thier entire term of neither in their life time nor before next elections. what action you will take on so called councellors, corporators, MLAs, MPs & Government staff for swallowing decades through of funds allocated by various governments and keeping telengana as under developed in any place/areas in any manner. Why you could not initiate an action of digging in the past for various schemes/development works by successive governments on amount allocated, utilized, swallowed, black listed, etc., like that ? What punishment you can take for your self when you have not developed your constituency for ages even after assigning funds during MLA or MP ? With illiteracy high in the entire Telangana state other than capital area, you have played politics for your selfish gains like any other seasoned politiician. Remember that. Don't waste time if you have development idea of state really as your days of funds rich state will close in short span.

Indian • 7 days ago
andhra cm are behaving like fox seeing TS tiger,keeping whip lashes on fox doesn't make chandrababu look tiger,comapring AP with TS will make loss to them only.media shouls stop comparing and question chandrababu why are you following KCR's policies and remind him of his states economic state,to take policies accordingly,manu states do not allow media in to secretariat,why should TS allow,it will only lead to rumours,good decision TS CM,dont give a damn to these idiots who criticize for every issue,IF a n idiot starts a new website,he too can enter secretariat calling himself i am press,govt should conduct press conferences,should not allow govt to give chances gossips/rumours.
 
ramarao • 7 days ago
KCR wanted to get Telangana separated from Andhra region stating that Telangana was backward when compared to Andhra, and if Andhra is third class, Mr. KCR may clarify under which class Telangana falls.


ramarao • 7 days ago
this third class area now known as AP, gave Telangana its first
CM in the form of KCR, as his ancestors are from Bobbili (of course AP is happy
to lose him), the people of this third class area gave all its might and
support to the people of Telangana in their fight against ruthless rule of
Nizam, the investors of this third class area put their economic might in
Telangana alongwith Gujaratis and Marwaris so that Hyderabad and Telangana got
its prosperity, the prosperity for people, earlier also Hyderabad had
prosperity but in the hands of Nizam and his cronies only, it is the tax
revenue collected from the entire AP which has been put in Hyderabad and
Telangana to make that area prosper living the remaining part third class, T
& D losses of electricity for undivided AP was 19%, after division the same
is 12% for AP and more than 25% for Telangana, who was bearing the losses
(thefts) made by whom. But Mr. KCR and his stooges must remember that whether
it is tax collection, T& D losses of Electricity, physical infrastructure,
utilisation of natural resources, improvement of standard of living, awareness
against female feoticide, better awareness of sanitation and medical attendance
which is seen in case of containing Swine flu, facing natural disasters as is
seen during cyclone Hudhud, collective responsibility people for protection of
environment, AP has been progressing with giant strides as people of AP as
always are hard working and this time a strong feeling of succeeding adversity
has dawned on them as against merry making attitude of Netas of Telangana who
are making fools of innocent but very good natured Telangana people. AP needs
not ten years but half of that to surpass Telangana in much of social and
economic parameters.

Phani Krishna Sripada • 7 days ago
These Andhra idiots say that telangana people do not speak telugu, cultureless, inhuman , do not pay taxes, what not every thing and also said that post bifurcation will see down fall of telangana. But these Andhra idiots still hang around Hyderabad including their senseless CM and do not have guts and clues to how to develop their new state.. These andhra idiots accuse telangana but like the ruling of TRS govt and hence continue to live in telangana along with their CM and Ministers. What a shameless race.

arjun • 8 days ago
I think KCR is 100% correct. I saw Andhra people are so cunning !!

kiran • 8 days ago
targeting media became a habit for kcr if they dont listen his words some days ago national media has pointed him even then he is the same

Binu Mathew Varghese • 8 days ago
KCR told 2-3 days back he is a Hyderabadi now, but was from AP. So as per his recent remark he himself is a third class as AP is a third class state.

ragini • 8 days ago
kcr is proud of his son, daughter, and son-in-law

Rajesh Kumar Yadav • 8 days ago
But it was the opposite he said during the TS agitation, right ? Well, justice would elude while the unjust rule, so congress abused democracy for which it needs to be prosecuted. But the nation did not forget the betrayal of democracy by congress & paid it befittingly & even other parties including TDP were part of this nefarious deed, a state was destroyed for personal benefits and condemned AP to oblivion.

dcs raju • 8 days ago
Telangana is rich because of Hyderabad. Hyderabad was the capital of AP and benefitted by the large scale migration from the AP districts and other places. All the industries came to Hyderabad; BHEL, HMT, IDPL, ECIL, NFC, DRDL ............because it was capital of AP.

Now, suddenly after about 60 years of benefitting from the joint efforts, the state of AP was deprived of its capital - Hyderabad. So do not harp of over riches. You will no pain, if you are made to raise revenue and not spending lavishly from the sweat and toil of combined state of AP.

etraja • 8 days ago
more statements will follow from KCR bcoz of one stupid mistake of the congress party

Sankar K r • 8 days ago
KCR is sick minded one. If he claimed Telungana is and good it is not because of him and cause is known to every one. This two leaders should only concerned about their state rather than mudslinging. Better sense prevail

Srini Atrey • 8 days ago
i remember, his first priority was to pay an already rich Sania a hefty amount in order to make her the brand ambassador. So much for taking care of the people in TS. Ooops, am i questioning the govt here?

ramarao • 8 days ago
this third class area now known as AP, gave Telangana its first CM in the form of KCR, as his ancestors are from Bobbili (of course AP is happy to lose him), the people of this third class area gave all its might and support to the people of Telangana in their fight against ruthless rule of Nizam, the investors of this third class area put their economic might in Telangana alongwith Gujaratis and Marwaris so that Hyderabad and Telangana got its prosperity, the prosperity for people, earlier also Hyderabad had prosperity but in the hands of Nizam and his cronies only, it is the tax revenue collected from the entire AP which has been put in Hyderabad and Telangana to make that area prosper living the remaining part third class, T & D losses of electricity for undivided AP was 19%, after division the same is 12% for AP and more than 25% for Telangana, who was bearing the losses (thefts) made by whom. But Mr. KCR and his stooges must remember that whether it is tax collection, T& D losses of Electricity, physical infrastructure, utilisation of natural resources, improvement of standard of living, awareness against female feoticide, better awareness of sanitation and medical attendance which is seen in case of containing Swine flu, facing natural disasters as is seen during cyclone Hudhud, collective responsibility people for protection of environment, AP has been progressing with giant strides as people of AP as always are hard working and this time a strong feeling of succeeding adversity has dawned on them as against merry making attitude of Netas of Telangana who are making fools of innocent but very good natured Telangana people. AP needs not ten years but half of that to surpass Telangana in much of social and economic parameters.

K R Ganesh Rao • 8 days ago
sowing is the seeds of poison in the minds of telugu speaking people of two states. this is his way of developing the state and he should not think he is king for life, he is only there for 5 years.

satish bindal • 8 days ago
This is a problem with Mr. KCR. He becomes out-spoken few times. This comment of his is in very poor taste. If Telangana is a rich state (don't know how rich it is) this doesn't means that other states are "Third Class". He must apologize unconditionally for his uncalled-for remarks.

S.Ramaswamy • 8 days ago
Boorish comment

Raghav • 8 days ago
One side he says, TS is in better position compared to AP and AP is nowhere in the financials. But, when AP tries to get funds from center, he cries saying, TS is not getting funds in compared to AP saying AP is getting more funds and thats why he (TS) also needs that much funds.... How funny guy...!

gsrao • 8 days ago
There is nothing wrong in what KCR said and facts would remain facts whether any one accepts it or not.AP is making itself a bankrupt state by trying to imitate telangana which is in a much better position financially.

I dont understand where people get this funny figures that 1/3rd of Hyderabad are from SeemaAndhra etc....Hyderabad is not a UT and the state govt here has rights on subjects that come under its jurisdiction.Its a fact that telangana is a separate state and KCR rules this state.

Mukesh • 8 days ago
Dear Mr Naidu, you proved your credentials when you were the CM of AP. Keep working in the same professional manner. Ignore the barking dogs and back stabbers. If AP people throw you out again then they do not deserve a good CM.


ad • 8 days ago
Divide and rule - the British analogy is still in force.

Moot point: States should not be combined with regional imbalances - what ever way they differ in namely: language, arid and dry lands with fertile soils, ..................

If one is ditched, automatically the other will come up. Level balanced.

ad • 8 days ago
If one is ditched, automatically the other will come up. Level balanced.

dust bin • 8 days ago
kcr finally raise a point at corect time his point may definitely help Andhra govt to demand some help from Central Govt...He is a mature leader he knows when and what to comment

tara kumar • 8 days ago
He is a shameless person. like a snake has two tongues.

adilabadAbbayi • 8 days ago
You telanganites belong to stone age, dreaming of ruling Hyderabad......Mr KCR....you are a recipe for disaster....
 
Viswanadh • 8 days ago
YES it is correct. How AP will give 43% fitment to employees. what is the productivity from government employees . its almost zero. then why did ap cm announced hike.
AP cm Naidu knows everything before separation, According to Enadu and Abn andhrajyothi cheating Chandrababu is an international expert.
yes now it is proved he doesn't know abcs on economy, that to protect his own community, so he planned to form capital in tulluru a third class area. It shows his experience and knowledge on how to manage the things and how protect his financiers.


arun • 8 days ago
so till partisan took palace you were backward and now you have become a developed state. You a Joke.

Hanmanthareddy Tada • 8 days ago
Unwarranted comments by a CM level person. He should refrain from speaking arrogantly. Why do you compare with Gujarat, Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamilnadu and copy their schemes; Why did you send your ministers to other states to see their projects, programmes etc; If those CMs comment that you are a first time CM and hence do not know how to govern, adminster the state etc, then what will be your feelings. So, please leave these type of childish & cheap behaviour and be like a dignified, decent personality.

Dinesh • 8 days ago
media has the right to question so the govt has the right do the "same".. same what? media bullying govt and govt bullying media is the same?

grimm_reapah • 9 days ago
This big nosed monkey has created a divide among people who are so extremely similar, that to a non-telugu speaker, it is not at all apparent.

sastry  grimm_reapah • 8 days ago
Can he be charged under the national security act, for inciting and provoking division and clashes among people?

John Galt • 9 days ago
A significant portion of rural migrants in Hyderabad live a miserable life. What is KCR so proud of?

Surya Prakasam Prabhala • 9 days ago
Unsolicited advice for AP!

Indian  Surya Prakasam Prabhala • 7 days ago
so only chandrababu took patent of this unsolicited advises,first tell to lokesh to keep calm on other state matters,may be kcr may accept lokesh with telangana voter-ID,but telangana people have much anger on babu who sent police to kabza half gates of nagarjun sagar,Only when others do it is wrong,same when chandrababu does it should also questioned,which our paid yellow media doesn't!

Janardhan Prasad D V S • 9 days ago
I agree with KCR in saying that AP should not compare itself with Telangana. Because Telangana is a newly formed State and AP is a State of Indian Union for the last 62 Years. But if Hyderabad city comprising of one third of population as Andhras and one third Muslims, one tenth non Telugus ( other States people ) , will not be let ruled by minority Telanganites at any time by the Center. Hyderabad city would be Capital of AP for another 10 years or more. KCR ultimately would fail to see his dream of his rule over Hyderabad because Center would never lose its grip over Hyderabad city. And Center would never allow Telangana districts people ( KCR also does not hail from the City ) to take over Hyderabad.

rajesh  Janardhan Prasad D V S • 7 days ago
KCR does not even know that it is naidu who developed hyderabad in those days and i am condident that seemandhra will surpass telangana because it has more resources than that rao useless state

Telanganasdt  Janardhan Prasad D V S • 8 days ago
Mr. Migrant....Do u know the history of Hyderabad. Its made on blood of people of telangana districts. Nizam with hard earn money of people of telangana constructed this Hyderabad. When u people dont have proper capital in 1956, and shifted all your tents from madras to kurnool, its was people of telangan of those districts accepted u in Hyderabad, but u always betray

SRIRAMA VENKATAPATHI RAO KUSU • 9 days ago
Then why KCR struggled for separate state projecting that Telangana is backward region.....


gp  SRIRAMA VENKATAPATHI RAO KUSU • 7 days ago
His voice was to develop the districts of T. Yes, there was and there is wealth in Hyderabad, his idea is to spend the money on developing the poor districts of Telangana.


vivek  SRIRAMA VENKATAPATHI RAO KUSU • 7 days ago
Dats a senaible question whih needs to be answered

Indian  SRIRAMA VENKATAPATHI RAO KUSU • 7 days ago
because erst while AP govt did not use to allot proper funds to telangana since decades,when rayalaseema and telangana would suffer drought no funds are spent but when andhra farmers get affected by cyclone state used to allot huge funds,but i gues those funds were eaten in middle by politicians,anyways i think division had made both states leaders in to race to make sppedy development,soon if all people if get proper education,facilities,both states can remove reservations in all sectors,for every election this reservation is being used in old ways,hope for coming lections removing reservations should be the issue.

MJ  SRIRAMA VENKATAPATHI RAO KUSU • 7 days ago
For becoming a CM......


ramachandran  SRIRAMA VENKATAPATHI RAO KUSU • 8 days ago
Ethnically both TS& AP are of the same breed, culture, language etc etc.Just bcz a State has been fragmented, it does not give KCR to call it third class and TS had seen all this development during Naidu's period . By his remark KCR has only exposed his class

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Express News Service
Hyderabad, August 20:
  The first Budget of successor Andhra Pradesh state has much focused on the process of building the economy with a hope that it will get funds and grants from the Central government.
  Despite "complexities and problems" of the new state to be dealt with, Finance Minister Yanamala Ramakrishnudu on Wednesday presented Rs 1,11,823 crore tax free budget for the year 2014-15.
 Ramakrishnudu has a privilege of presenting the first budget of AP, which his past experience of presenting the budgets of combined AP state, Ramakrishnudu tried to overcome the problem of lack of resources with a firm commitment to re-draft the vision document 2020 which will set standards for a new paradigm in sync with the changed circumstances to place the AP among the best three performing States in the country by 2022.
 However, as it was not full budget and only for the next seven months, the Finance Minister decided to keep the non-plan expenditure intact. Of the Rs 1.11 lakh crore budget, the non-plan expenditure was Rs 85,151 crore and the plan expenditure was projected as Rs 26,673 crore.
 To augment the State's finances, the Finance Minister hoped to get Rs 16,000 crore Central grants to fill up the revenue gap.
 The Finance Minister, however, allocated funds for the newly announced schemes by the government like NTR Sujala Sravanti and others.
 "The United AP has been a surplus sate as far as non-plan revenue is concerned. Unfortunately, the division made the residuary AP a huge revenue deficit state on non-plan account. There is a huge impact of State bifurcation on State finances. Since the debt, employees, pensioners are allocated based on population ration the expenditure naturally will be more than 58 per cent of the United AP," the Finance Minister said in his address.
 "Overall revenue share of residuary state from tax and non-tax is estimated to be around 47 per cent of the combined AP. The State is not left with reasonable resources for a meaningful plan outlay," Yanamala stated. In addition to skewed distribution of revenue most of the critical infrastructure in socio and economic sectors is also going to Telangana, the Finance Minister said.
 Despite the gloomy scenario, a fallout of division of AP, the Finance Minister in his concluding remarks stated that the Budget would initiate the process of building the new State on sound lines and pave way for taking rapid strides in the years to come.
 "Our priority is inclusive growth in which equitable opportunities are advanced to all participants in the process of economic growth and benefits accrue to all sections of the society, particularly those belonging to vulnerable sections," the Finance Minister said.


QUOTE: "We firmly believe that Gross State Domestic Happiness matters more than Gross State Domestic Product," Yanamala Ramakrishnudu in Budget speech
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AP Economic Survey

Express News Service
Hyderabad, August 20:

  The latest AP Socio Economic Survey 2013-14 stated the bifurcation of united AP is a "third deep scar" on the hearts and sentiments of Telugus.
   The Survey which is released on Wednesday stated that: "The Telugu speaking people have witnessed a turbulent history of state demarcation and the current AP bifurcation episode is the third deep scar on their hearts and sentiments. The instability of political geography has repeatedly pushed the Telugu people away from the path of development and progress".

 AP is poised on an interesting juncture in the history as it tries to balance varied challenges that the bifurcation has created for the residuary state against the opportunities that establishment of a new system of governance creates in the new state, the Survey said.
 "The provisions made in the AP Reorganisation Act, 2014 for the development of the State of AP signify tokenism and they cannot compensate the loss of opportunity for the people of AP due to the division of the state. Income generation, employment opportunities, health and educational institutions, R&D and training facilities and the social infrastructure are grossly inadequate in the new state for its survival. The decision to bifurcate the state without even finalising the capital city itself signifies as an epitome of irresponsibility," the Survey report said.
 The Survey further pointed that the United AP has been a revenue surplus state as far as non-plan revenue is concerned. Unfortunately, the division made the residuary AP a huge revenue deficit state on non-plan account. The state is not left with reasonable resources for a meaningful plan outlay. Since debt has been allocated on population ratio, servicing the debt is going to be burdensome.
"There are umpteen number of issues and challenges staring at the new State of AP," the Survey said.
LANDHOLDINGS: The gross area irrigated in the State decreased to 37.11 lakh hectares in 2012-13 from 39.21 lakh hectares in 2011-12. The net area irrigated in the state decreased to 28.01 lakh hectares in 2012-13 as against 31.05 lakh hectares in 2011-12 showing a decline of 9.8 per cent.
  The latest available data relates to 2010-11 on land holdings. The average size of land holdings in the state has marginally declined to 1.06 hectares during 2010-11 from 1.13 hectares in 2005-06. The number of holdings has increased from 72.16 lakh in 2005-06 to 76.21 lakh in 2010-11.

FOREST CONNECTIVITY: There is contiguous forest area starting from Nagarjuna Sagar Tiger Reserve to Seshachalam forest passing through forests of Kadapa and Chittoor districts. All these areas have good Panther population with dense Prey base of Samber, Cheetal, Neelgai etc. But, over th years due to degradation of habitat, encroachments and other biotic pressures the wild animal population declined. It is essential to develop this corridor to enable the increasing tiger population in Nallamala to Seshachalam forest tracts as this area has the potential to support tiger population.

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