Why does telangana want to separate

The movement for a separate state of Telangana took a political turn when the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP extended its support to the demand in Before this, the formation of states like Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh spurred the demand for Telangana. During her campaign for the Lok Sabha polls, Congress president Sonia Gandhi had said that she would respect the sentiments of the people who have been demanding a separate state of Telangana.

Karimnagar emerged as a hotbed of the movement when KC Rao decided to fast-unto-death in for Telangana. He continued his fast even in hospital forcing the UPA government in the Centre to announce the formation of Telangana on December 9, , only to backtrack on the issue around two weeks later on December 23, This led to a fast-unto-death by 17 pro-Telangana students in front of the Osmania University. The Centre formed a panel on February 3, , under Justice Retd. Srikrishna to look into a permanent solution to the issue.

The panel submitted its report after an extensive stakeholder consultation which was released on January 6, On February 3, , a panel headed by Justice Retd. The panel met 30 times, visited 23 districts and 35 villages and held interactions with about organisations. The state Congress and its ally Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen left it to the Congress high command to take a final decision.

On 9 December , the Union government announced that it would start the process of forming a separate Telangana state, pending the introduction and passage of a separation resolution in the Andhra Pradesh assembly. The committee submitted its report on 30 December to the home ministry. The Srikrishna Committee report did not make a definitive suggestion on the status of Telangana, but made suggestions to the government on maintaining law and order in the state.

Biting the bullet: With protests mounting, Congress government finally decided to approve the creation of Telangana state on 30 July. Telangana state is born: On 18 February, the Telangana bill was passed by the Lok Sabha amidst protests and disruptions, including the use of pepper spray by Seemandhra MP, Lagadapati Rajagopal.

The Rajya Sabha passed the bill on 20 February. The bill received the assent of the President and was published in the gazette on 1 March Telangana became 29th state of the India on 2 June with Hyderabad as its capital. Subsequently, bowing down to the pressures from Coastal Andhra region, the Centre has abolished all the safeguards guaranteed through the Gentlemen's Agreement.

The Regional Committee provided a platform to voice protest if not to secure justice. Even that small space to ventilate their grievances was lost. By establishing hegemony over the state, Andhra elites could divert the resources to their region. Telangana is thus converted into an internal colony as a result of the economic development process pursued by the successive governments. Its resources are diverted and utilised for the development of the other regions.

The major grievances of Telangana centre around water and irrigation, employment and culture. Irrigation policies pursued by the state government illustrate the discrimination towards Telangana. In the first plan prepared by the erstwhile Hyderabad government, nine projects were proposed for irrigating 38 lakh acres in all of Hyderabad state. Out of this, the Telangana region would have got about 26 lakh acres. If the Hyderabad state were to continue, all the schemes constructed would have diverted nearly 1, thousand million cubic feet tmc of Krishna and Godavari water to irrigate the fields in Telangana.

But today as per the records, the region gets hardly tmc of water. In reality, it is far less. In fact, the benefits of major irrigation have gone to coastal Andhra. The total area under canal irrigation in the entire Telangana region is much less than the area irrigated under canals in Guntur district alone. Due to neglect, tanks the backbone of Telangana agriculture deteriorated. The net area irrigated under tanks in the Telangana region has gone down from 4.

As a consequence, farmers in Telangana region spend huge amounts to dig bore wells. Unable to recover the investment incurred to dig wells, many farmers have committed suicides. Many continue to do so. In public employment, several government orders concerning local reservations are violated leading to discrimination towards Telangana.

Article D inserted through Thirty Second Amendment Act of empowers the President of India to issue orders providing for equitable opportunities for people belonging to different parts of the state. The President issued an order in introducing local reservations. The JM Girglani Commission, appointed by the government of Andhra Pradesh in to study the implementation of local reservations, recorded 18 different kinds of violations of the local reservations, specifically in the Telangana region.

Compared to Telangana and Andhra, Rayalaseema worse off in industry. Flight of capital from Rayalaseema to Karnataka with Reddy community investing in real estate and industry in Karnataka. There is a perception that Andhra region is exploitative.

With Telangana carved out, there is a possibility of a demand for Greater Rayalaseema statehood. Telangana state will seek its share in river waters which could affect Coastal Andhra. How will Coastal Andhra generate revenue to run since Hyderabad is a prime source of revenue.

Coastal Andhra could lose an investment destination if Hyderabad becomes part of Telangana. Coastal Andhra districts like Prakasam, Krishna, Guntur and Nellore could see increase in business activity. Hyderabad as shared capital will give a sense of security to migrants from coastal Andhra. Hyderabad - Secundarabad twin cities have a population of over 70 lakh.

Most of the industries are located in and around these two cities. Once the new state is created, business may move out of Hyderabad to Seemandhra. Most of the industries in Hyderabad region are run by the people from Seemandhra. Eventually, they may develop their own business hub on the lines of Hyderabad. It will affect the Hyderabad economy.

It may even lose the population. The fear of Maoists taking control of parts of Telangana may push the business ventures down south to Seemandhra. Hyderabad accounts for over 90 per cent of the state's Rs 40, cr it exports. The Polavaram project will harness the waters of the river Godavari by building a The earth and rock-filled dam will have a storage capacity of million cubic metre mcm and power generation capacity of MW. The initial proposal was for a storage reservoir with a capacity of The water from the dam reservoir will irrigate , hectares of agricultural land in the districts of Krishna, East and West Godavari and Visakhaptnam through two major canals.