In an 85-page note to the Group of Ministers set up to look into the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, Chief Minister Kiran Reddy on Monday raised 36 crucial points on why a separate state of Telangana is not desirable.
Read: Kiran Reddy's note to GoM against the creation of Telangana
Reddy’s 'submission for reconsideration' memorandum calls the GoM's attention to problems related to Telangana-Rayalaseema river water sharing, concerns over the power sector, employment, education and short-circuiting of legal and constitutional convention.
The issues raised by the Andhra Pradesh chief minister:
- Is separation-bifurcation a solution to the present crisis?;
- Significance of United Andhra Pradesh;
- Status of Hyderabad;
- Can Seemandhra’s contribution be disregarded?;
- River water-sharing;
- Views of the first State Reorganisation Commission;
- Agrarian importance of Andhra Pradesh;
- Projects on River Krishna, sacrifices by people of all three regions;
- Jalaygyam;
- Shortfall of water availability in River Krishna and competing interests;
- Dam management and control on the Krishna river;
- New projects on the Krishna river;
- Complexities in the inter-se usage of the waters in Srisailam dam;
- Present management of deficit in the state of Andhra Pradesh;
- Difficulties in managing Srisailam and Nagarjunasagar projects;
- Institutional mechanism for management of the Krishna river;
- Inter-river basin transfer;
- Emergency inter-basin transfer of water;
- The dilemma of the Polavaram multipurpose project;
- The problems of Telangana;
- The problems of Rayalaseema;
- Upper riprarian projects in the Krishna river;
- Telangana deprived of its rightful allocated share in Krishna river;
- Diversion of waters outside the Krishna basin: is it not permissible?;
- Implementation of tribunal awards;
- Proliferation of river water disputes;
- Irrigation map of Andhra Pradesh;
- Project map of Godavari basin;
- Project map of Krishna basin;
- Power sector concerns;
- Employment concerns;
- Government employees;
- Private employees in organised sector;
- Skilled and semi-skilled;
- Self-employed;
- Professionals;
- Complexities of 371 D on the division process;
- Educational sector concerns;
- Feeling of short-circuiting of legal constitutional conventions;
- Impact of bifurcation on maintenance of law and order;
- Copy of the letter the CM of Andhra Pradesh wrote to the President of India;
- Copy of the letter the CM of Andhra Pradesh wrote to the prime minister;
Kind courtesy: Vaartha, a leading Telugu daily newspaper.