TELANDRA

IS THE TELANGANA - ANDHRA SPLIT A REAL POSSIBLITY ???

Telangana is a region in state of andhra pradesh. It comprises of 10 districts one of which is hyderabad. After continued demands over the last decade and  riots  the centre finally decided to go in favour of the split.On 30 July 2013, the ruling Congress party resolved to request the Central government to take steps in accordance with the Constitution to form a separate state of Telangana (the 29th state of India). The city of Hyderabad would serve as the joint capital of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh for ten years. On 3 October 2013, the Union Cabinet approved the creation of a new state of Telangana by bifurcating the existing state of Andhra Pradesh.

On 5 December 2013, Cabinet approved the Telangana draft bill prepared by the Group of Ministers (GoM). The bill awaits approval by Parliament before Telangana becomes the 29th state of the union. but the decision of split is still pending................

As matters stand, the state faces three contentious issues. These are unlikely to be resolved by the GoM, however hard it may try to do so.

First and foremost is the issue of water rights. Major rivers pass through what will be the new state. How these waters will be shared is a tricky question. In India, it is almost a given that inter-state water sharing issues lead to intractable disputes. Punjab and Haryana, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, and other states are well known examples. These disputes defy judicial solutions and politics over them drags on for decades if not longer. This issue has not been touched so far. This issue will come to haunt planners in the years ahead.

Another major dispute that is brewing is over the access to educational institutions. In Andhra Pradesh, most of the important institutions are located in the Hyderabad region. Now it was never envisaged that Hyderabad would one day be the capital of another state. But take away Hyderabad and you will set back Seemandhra by decades on this front. In fact, leaders of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), the party that spearheaded the campaign for a separate state, are already showing reluctance to share these resources with other regions. Making Hyderabad a quasi-UT with the governor of Telangana having executive control over it for 10 years is not a solution.

Then comes the issue of dividing administrative resources. Primarily, this boils down to a new capital for the residual state after Telangana is separated. Hyderabad is not only a capital of Andhra Pradesh, it is a major city of the country in which virtually unquantifiable resources have been thrown in to modernize it. The city boasts of a world-class airport, an information technology hub and a cluster of educational and training institutions. Together, this is a dream collection of what any capital requires. The refrain now is that Vijayawada will become the capital of Seemandhra. But has any thought been spared to the kind of resources that will be required to build a new capital? The process will be financially draining not only for Seemandhra—which may not have adequate resources for the task—but perhaps for the Union government. Who else will foot the bill for fashioning a new capital city?

but these are not the only PROBLEMS.......!!!

There are other states too which are demanding seperation.The states that want to be bifurcated are Gorkhaland, Vidharbha, Saurashtra and Harit Pradesh.

Gorkhaland, proposed name, lies on the northen part of West Bengal, has been demanding a seperate stae since 1907.

Vidharbha is another region in eastern region of Maharashtra state made up of the Nagpur Division 

Saurashtra has also demanded a separate state. Formally known as United State of Kathiawar, it was later renamed as Saurashtra state after much convincing from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in 1948. 

Another state that has been proposed for bifurcation is Harit Pradesh, which lies in the western part of Uttar Pradesh.