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Top educational institutes to come up in 3 clusters of Andhra Pradesh

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Centre to provide support, efforts to begin academics early

Hyderabad :

Indian Institute of Technology, Indian Institute of Management, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences and Central University are among major institutions, varsities and centres of excellence to be set up in Andhra Pradesh with the Central Government’s support.

The newly formed Andhra Pradesh Government has begun identifying land required to set up these institutions and other infrastructure in the three circuits of Tirupati, the Krishna-Guntur region and Visakhaptanam, Ganta Srinivasa Rao, State Minister for Human Resources Development, said.

Speaking to newspersons after assuming office at the State Secretariat here today, he said, “A meeting held with State Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has decided to begin academic sessions early from makeshift premises till such time as the infrastructure required for these projects gets created.”

He said it was decided to locate an IIT, NIT, IIIT, IIM, IIS Education Research, AIIMs, Central University, Tribal University, Agriculture University and the National Institute of Disaster Management, in clusters based on the availability of infrastructure, connectivity and human resources in these areas.

Accordingly, the State Ministry of Urban Development has been entrusted the task of identifying land for these institutes. The port city of Vizag, which would be developed as financial hub, will have an IIM, IIIT, a tribal varsity and an Institute of Petroleum. It was decided that Vizag would be an ideal location for a petroleum institute as the PCPIR (Petroleum, Chemical and Petrochemical Investment Region) is coming up in the costal region there and HPCL is a major player.

It is proposed to set up an AIIMS, NIT, NIDM and Agriculture University in the Krishna-Guntur area. And Tirupati would host a Central University, IISCR and IIT. Each of the three circuits would have about 1,000 acres initially, with a proposal to increase it by another 1,000 acres.

Referring to fee reimbursement issue, he said, “The Government will ensure that students do not suffer due to division of the State. The modalities were being worked out.

source: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com / Business Line / Home> News / by V. Rishi Kumar / Hyderabad – June 18th, 2014

Merged Mandals’ Maps Ready

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Rajahmundry :

The district administration has prepared maps relating to four mandals of Bhadrachalam revenue division of Khammam district to be merged in East Godavari district.

As the Central government promulgated an ordinance relating to merge of the mandals, the district administration prepared the maps of each village and mandals. The maps will be submitted to the government shortly.

As many as four mandals of the Bhadrachalam revenue division, consisting of 123 villages, come under the purview of East Godavari district.

Out of 123 villages, 13 belong to Bhadrachalam division, 48 in Kunavaram mandal, 17 in Chintur and 45 in Vararamachandrapuram mandal.

The population of East Godavari district increases to 60 lakh with the merger of the four mandals.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com  / The New Indian Express / Home> States> Andhra Pradesh / by Express News Service / June 16th, 2014

First session of Andhra Pradesh Assembly today

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Exterior of Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly (Photo: PTI)
Exterior of Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly (Photo: PTI)

Hyderabad:

The historic first session of the AP Legislative Assembly post bifurcation will begin on Thursday. The ruling Telugu Desam is not too worried as it will be dealing with inexperienced YSR Congress legislators. Though the opposition is numerically strong, unlike in the Telangana Assembly, it has to be seen how the YSRC performs the role of the main opposition party.

The YSRC is likely to raise the issue of farm loan waiver as the government did not make a clear statement on  how it is going to implement it. As farmers have already been served notices of auction of gold loans, the YSRC wants to cash in on the brewing unrest.

Following protests by the YSRC, the Assembly’s agenda was amended on Wednesday to include homage to late Allagadda MLA Shobha Nagi Reddy. Late Nandigama MLA Tangirala Prabha-kar Rao’s name was already mentioned. YSRC MLA Bhuma Nagireddy had alleged the government’s action was inhuman and partisan.

Protem speaker P. Narayanaswamy will administer the oath of office to the newly-elected MLAs. The Assembly will have 173 members and the sessions will be held in Hyderabad.

Around 1,200 police personnel from the Tela-ngana and AP will prov-ide security for the Asse-mbly. AP police DGP J.V. Ramudu said, “As the Assembly is situated in Telangana, its police will take care of security. We will give support by deploying our men.”

AP CM N. Chandrababu Naidu discussed the arrangements with Mr Ramudu and legislature secretary (in-charge) K. Satyanarayana Rao.

YSRC chief Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, who will be entering the Assem-bly for the first time as an MLA and floor leader of the YSRC Legislature Party, held discussions with his party MLAs on the strategy to be implemented in the Assembly.

Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan will address the joint sitting of the Legislative Council and Assembly on June 21.

source: http://www.deccanchronicle.com / Deccan Chronicle / Home> Nation> Politics / DC / by U. Sudhakar Reddy / June 19th, 2014

Historic Gooty fort in need of renovation

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Proposal made in 2012 for its development

The past glory of the Gooty fort returns if the government releases the funds required for its development as proposed two years ago. The fort which has an outer fortification is a shell-shaped one and has grand palaces for the king and queen atop the hillock.

The fort is further known for its ingenious water management by using almost 108 wells dug within the ramparts of fort walls for survival during times of war.

Currently, the fort is in a shambles for lack of funds.

Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has prepared a project seeking funds to the tune of Rs. 8.50 crore which proposes total preservation of the fort and improvement of tourist amenities.

Speaking to The Hindu , the Conservation Assistant of the ASI, Mr. Satyam, has said that the ASI submitted a proposal to that effect to the Ministry of Tourism in 2012. After the jungle clearance, debris from the major breaches at the entrance of the fort will be cleared and the same building material will be used to reconstruct the old fort walls, says Mr. Satyam. He has also said that all the pathways within the fort will be restored so that they can walk from the entrance of the fort to the palaces of the king and queen.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> National> Andhra Pradesh / by Staf Reporter / Anantapur – June 07th, 2014

N Chandrababu Naidu appointed as first chief minister of new Andhra Pradesh

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Arijit Sen / DNA
Arijit Sen / DNA

Andhra Pradesh Governor ESL Narasimhan tonight appointed Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu as the first Chief Minister of the new state of Andhra Pradesh and invited him to form the government.

A delegation of TDP legislators met the Governor at Raj Bhavan here this afternoon and handed over a letter informing about the election of Naidu as the leader of Telugu Desam Legislature Party. The legislators requested Narasimhan’s to formally invite their leader to form the government.

On his suggestion, the TDP subsequently communicated in writing details of the swearing-in ceremony to be held at 7.27 pm on June 8 at Nagarjuna Nagar, located between Vijayawada and Guntur.

Based on this, the Governor issued a warrant appointing Naidu as the Chief Minister and inviting him to form the government. The TDLP met in the temple-town of Tirupati late last night and unanimously elected Naidu as its leader.

Senior legislators Yanamala Ramakrishnudu, K E Krishna Murthy, Mandali Buddha Prasad, Dhulipalla Narendra and P Sujatha met Narasimhan this afternoon and informed him about the unanimous election. “We requested the Governor to invite Chandrababu Naidu to form the government of (new) Andhra Pradesh,” Yanamala later told reporters.

Elaborate arrangements are being made for the swearing-in ceremony as over five lakh people are expected to attend. Union ministers and chief ministers of various states are expected to attend the ceremony. Naidu has sent personal invitation letters to them, and spoken to some of them over phone, TDP sources said.

Though he has personally invited the Prime Minister Narendra Modi too, there is no confirmation about his participation.

source: http://www.dnaindia.com / DNA / Home> India / Agency: PTI / Thursday – June 07th, 2014

Facts About Andhra Pradesh

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Airports to Get facelift

Existing Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada and Tirupati airports are likely to be brought up to interna¬tional standards based on expeditious decision by the Centre.

Railways Mulling Overnew Zone

Indian Railways will also deliberate the establishment of a new railway zone in Andhra Pradesh.

Possibility of Metro Rail in 1 Yr

The Central government will check the feasibility of Metro Rail facility in Vishakhapatnam and Vijayawada-Guntur-Tenali Metropolitan Urban Development Authority within a period of one year from the appointed day.

Coastal Andhra Head Off

Coastal Andhra region recorded a per capita income of Rs 36,496, Telangana (including Hyderabad) Rs 36,082 (33,771 excluding Hyderabad), and Rayalaseema Rs 33,056 in 2007-08. Rayalaseema draws its income from agriculture to the tune of 25%, followed by 24% in coastal Andhra and least in Telangana at 22%.

Highway Edge for Coastal AP

The intensity of national highways in the recent years was relatively high in coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema than that of Telangana. This is mainly due to the geographic advantage exploited by the Golden Quadrilat¬eral National Highway, which passes through both these regions. However, the intensity of PWD roads is relatively higher in coastal Andhra compared to both Rayalaseema and Telangana.

100 Percent Electrification

The present generation installed capacity as on June 30, 2010 in coastal Andhra, Rayalaseema and Telangana is 5242.46 MW, 1840.14 MW and 4368 MW respectively. AP also achieved 100% village electrification.

Andhragotmore Primary Schools

In the number of primary schools per lakh popula¬tion, Rayalaseema (85.9) is leading in all periods followed by coastal Andhra (77.4).

Natural Irrigation in AP

Given that most of the central parts of coastal Andhra region is located in between the river Godavari in the north and river Krishna in the south, there are natural factors that have offered extensive possibilities of expanding irrigation through canal system. On the other hand, both the Telangana and Rayalaseema regions are not able to access river waters due to lack of gradient.

Two districts now in APSPDCL

The districts of Anantapur and Kurnool which fall within the jurisdiction of the AP Central Power Distribution Company Ltd. will now be reassigned to the AP Southern Power Distribution Company Ltd.

All Edu Quotas Ditto for 10 Yrs

Current admission quotas in all government or private, aided or unaided, institutions of higher, technical and medical education will continue for a period of ten years.

Better AP-T Connectivity

The Central Government will take measures to establish rapid rail and road connectivity from the new capital of Andhra Pradesh to Hyderabad and other important cities of Telangana.

Insitutions in12, 13th Plan period

The Central government will take steps to estab¬lish institutions of national importance including include one IIT, one NIT, one IIM, one IISER, one CU, one Petroleum Uni¬versity, one Agricultural University and one IIIT, in the 12th and 13th Plan periods of AP.

One More Major Port for AP

A new major port at Duggirajupatnam in Andhra Pradesh will be constructed by the Centre. It will be completed in phases, with Phase I being completed by 2018-end.

Tribal Univs for Andhra and T

The Central government will establish one AIIMS-type Super-Specialty Hospital-cum-Teaching Institution in AP and a Tribal University each in the two states. It will also construct the National Institute of Disaster Management in AP.

Steel Plant Likely at Kadapa

Within six months from the appointed day, SAIL (Steel Authority of India Limited) will examine the feasibility of establishing an integrated Steel Plant in Kadapa. Also, IOC or HPCL will explore the possibility of setting up a greenfield crude oil refinery and petrochemical complex in AP.

Two States One Governor

The Governor will remain in position for both the states till decided by the President. The Governor will be responsible for law and order, internal security and security of vital installations in the common capital area.

Council for Water Boards

The Central government will constitute an Apex Council for the supervision of the Godavari River Management Board and the Krishna Board. The comprises the Union Minister of Water Resources as the chairperson with the CMs of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states as members.

One High Court Until Otherwise

The High Court of Judicature at will be the Common for the State of Telangana and the of Andhra Pradesh till a separate for the of is constituted.

Central Govt Plays Chief

The Centre will take appropriate fiscal measures, including offer of tax incentives to promote industrialisation and economic growth in both States. It will also support programmes for the development of backward areas.

Polavaram in Central grip

The Central government would control the regulation and development of the Polavaram Irrigation Project. The Centre will execute the project and obtain all clearances including environmental, forests, and rehabilitation and resettlement.

Secial Support for AP Capital

The Centre will help in the creation of a new capital for AP, by denotifying degraded forest land if necessary. Special financial support will be provided for the creation of the new capital including its own Raj Bhavan, High Court, Secretariat, Legislative Assembly and Council.

AP, Rayalaseema Lead in Literacy

The overall literacy rate in APin 2001 is 60%. Coastal Andhra notched up to63 per cent while Rayalaseema recorded 60 per cent literacy.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> States> Andhra Pradesh / by ENS / June 02nd, 2014

205 Khammam villages to merge with Andhra Pradesh

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File photo of Polavaram Dam. (Photo: DC)
File photo of Polavaram Dam. (Photo: DC)

Hyderabad:

A few days before the two states of Telangana and Seemandhra are to come into existence on June 2, President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday promulgated the controversial Ordinance that will bring 205 villages of seven mandals in Khammam district in Telangana under the residuary state of Andhra Pradesh with immediate effect.

These 205 villages will be submerged in the Polavaram Dam under construction across the River Godavari when it attains full reservoir level of +150 feet MSL.

The President had initially not sanctioned the Ordinance that had been approved by the outgoing Manmohan Singh government a few days ago. The draft Ordinance, which was returned by the President, was approved in the very first Cabinet meeting convened by new Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday and sent to the President for his approval.

With the Ordinance, the entire course of the Godavari and its tributaries, Sabari and Sileru, which flow through Khammam in Telangana region, will come under Seemandhra region, thereby ensuring uninterrupted flow of waters to the Polavaram Dam.

The move to merge the 205 villages in Khammam district with Seemandhra was taken by the previous Congress government, thanks to the pressure brought upon by the Seemandhra Congress leaders as well as BJP leader M. Venkaiah Naidu who argued for it during the debate on the AP Reorganisation Bill in Rajya Sabha.

source: http://www.deccanchronicle.com / Deccan Chronicle / Home> Nation> Current Affairs / DC /  Ch V M Krishna Rao / May 29th, 2014

Ordinance gives more mandals to Andhra Pradesh

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Picture used for representational purpose. (Photo: DC/File)
Picture used for representational purpose. (Photo: DC/File)

Khammam:

President Pranab Mukherjee giving his consent to the Ordinance merging seven mandals of Khammam district with the successor state of Andhra Pradesh created a flutter in the district, especially the Bhadrachalam Agency, on Wednesday evening.

Though the President had earlier returned the Ordinance as it had been cleared by the outgoing Manmohan Singh Cabinet, he cleared it after the Narendra Modi Cabinet, which had met for the first time on Tuesday, approved it.

Though Union minister Ravishankar Prasad maintained that the Cabinet had not discussed the Ordinance, the news spread like a wildfire in the Agency where all political parties and several Adivasi forums were already in the thick of agitations, protesting the transfer of villages, besides planning to stage bandhs, rallies and black flag hoisting till the Appointed Day of June 2.

As per the original plan, the Polavaram project would totally affect four mandals: Kunavaram, V.R. Puram, Velairpadu and Kukunoor; and partially affect three mandals: Bhadrachalam, Chintoor and Burgampadu.

Now, with the ordinance coming into force ahead of June 2, all seven mandals, irrespective of their extent of submersion, will be transferred to Andhra to avoid land constraints in the relief and rehabilitation process for the displaced.

However, temple town Bhadrachalam and six villages under Burgampadu mandal located along the Paloncha-Bhadrachalam road have been exempted from the merger to ensure connectivity within Telangana territory that include the temple town, Dummugudem, Cherla, Wajedu and Venkatapuram mandals.

The villages that are likely to be continued in Telangana are Burgampadu mandal headquarters, Sarapaka, Nagineniprolu, Vakirepeta,  Pinapaka, Morampalli Banjara and Sompally.

It is learnt that there is a need for continuing with a couple of more villages, Krishnasagar and Tekulacheruvu in Burgampadu mandal, in Telangana so that the connectivity to Manuguru remains unhampered.

source: http://www.deccanchronicle.com / Deccan Chronicle / Home> Nation> Current Affairs / DC / Adepu Mahender / May 29th, 2014

Ahead of split, Andhra Pradesh secretariat to observe zero week

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Andhra Pradesh secretariat (Photo: DC archives)
Andhra Pradesh secretariat (Photo: DC archives)

Hyderabad:

For the first time ever, the state administration will come to a standstill for a one week from Sunday till June 1 as the staff will observe “zero week” in the run-up to bifurcation on June 2. The entire machinery will be engaged in running the “trail run administration” of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

This is to gear up the bureaucracy to work in both the new states from June 2. Employees who were allotted on provisional basis have to report to their respective state offices.

Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan had directed the administration to halt all transactions from May 25 to June 1 at the Secretariat. Accordingly, there will be no clearance of files or payment of bills.

Employees and officials allotted to Telangana have to work from A,B,C and D blocks and those allotted to Andhra Pradesh from H,J,K,L blocks.

Meanwhile, it was a “double bonanza” for about 14 lakh state employees and pensioners as they received salaries and pensions of two months, ahead of bifurcation. They were paid for April on May 2 and for May on Saturday. The amount disbursed for May was calculated till June 1. From June 2, all staff and pensioners will be paid from their respective governments.

source: http://www.deccanchronicle.com / Deccan Chronicle / Home> Nation> Current Affairs / DC / L. Venkat Ram Reddy / May 25th, 2014

HYDERABAD: A Journey through ‘ Deccani Souls’

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Hyderabad, India is known as an information technology hub with fine academic institutions. To history aficionados, it is known as the former capital of the last Islamic state in the world, with a rich intellectual and cultural legacy. It was a nation the size of Europe, stretching from Warangal in the east to the outskirts of Mumbai in the west, in the heart of what is now south-central India.

Between these starkly different Hyderabads is Kaz Rahman’s film “Deccani Souls” that strings together the present with the past. Taking the audience through an artistic foray of the erstwhile state, the film was screened by the Bilim and Sanat Foundation in Istanbul last weekend. Canadian filmmaker, producer, and writer Kaz Rahman pioneers rare waters as he embraces what he calls “the black cloud” of history hardly discussed in contemporary Hyderabad.

When I had the chance to sit down with the filmmaker it was apparent that his most recent film had been a part of him for some time. Mr. Rahman grew up listening to stories about the Nizam era from his father who migrated from Hyderabad as a teenager.

During his time living in Hyderabad between 2004 and 2007, Mr. Rahman observed the frenetic ebb and flow of the region and saw how the neglected pages of history were impacting the present. It was then that he said he knew he had to make the film. “Whether I liked it or not, this had to be the subject. In the film, Hyderabad is both a place people leave and a destination much like the reality of the city today. There’s a lingering sense that people need to leave in order to make something of themselves but there’s also this longing for return. Muslims have been migrating out of the region since the 1950s, to Pakistan, the Gulf and North America.

There’s this psychological state that they can’t get ahead in Hyderabad,” Mr. Rahman said.

The film explores the region’s suppressed history that is the aftermath of Operation Polo, which left 200,000 dead, numerous institutions destroyed and Islamic libraries burnt in 1948 as India brutally acquired the state. Mr. Rahman used the Sunderlal report for information about the massacre and destruction.

It’s this chapter of history that casts the film’s melancholic tone. He said its purpose isn’t to tell the audience how to feel about it, it’s an attempt for them to come to terms with history. “I don’t think any community, state, society or people can look to go forward without coming to terms with its past,” he stated.

There is a play on the concept of time, Mr. Rahman said. “There’s an intersection of dreams, memories and how we recall the past.”

It poetically takes the audience on a journey back in time through the lives of two Hyderabadis: A censuscollector named Babu, who goes around door-to-door asking people to sign away the neglected memories and scars from the military action, and Hamza, the film’s protagonist, an Urdu poet suffering from writer’s block in search of his grandfather’s lost essay.

Mr. Rahman visually preserves the tradition of Deccani art throughout the film. “He said if you look at the art the Nizams commissioned, you will find that people are always in natural settings. People aren’t depicted being in institutional settings, they’re painted with individuality and in nature. In contrast to Moghul art, where people are often seen in military uniforms and closely associated with state endeavors,”

Mr. Rahman explained. “Their art collections indicate the appreciation they had for nature but also the quality of life they planned for the state’s residents. Now, Hyderabad is a bustling city that people move to for its advanced urban planning, parks, and walkways, something that’s unique in India. But the cities throughout the region, under the Nizam’s rule, were planned for more people than they accommodated at the time. Hyderabad city was planned for five million people at a time its population was only several hundred thousand. “It was a time they commissioned a variety of different endeavors in the sciences, arts, and literature. They welcomed talent from all over the world and it was the center of intellectual activity among Muslims, but today the constant brain drain of this population from the region has left few even able to read from the Persian library collections at Salar Jung Museum,” he noted.

But Mr. Rahman is quick to point out that the refined nature of the Nizam’s state that only had an army as a ceremonial emblem rather than one that could defend its population left it vulnerable in the face of the invasion.

The beautiful lyrical showcase of the region’s poetry, spiritual culture and cinematographic visuals of the architectural decay and Deccani art make “Deccani Souls” an immense achievement in the path to engaging with the past. Mr. Rahman’s film leaves the audience asking more questions and looking inward with greater reverence for all the layers we know and are yet to discover that make up our identities.

source: http://www.deccanchronicle.com / Daily Chronicle / Home> Features / by Sana Qutubuddin / May 12th, 2014