Sri Krishna Committee Report:
Section 9-3(page 440) of the report discusses 6 solutions.
- Maintain Status quo.
- Bifurcation of the State into Seemandhra and Telangana; with Hyderabad as a Union Territory and the two states developing their own capitals in due course. Committee found this option also not practicable.
- Bifurcation of State into Rayala-Telangana and coastal Andhra regions with Hyderabad being an integral part of Rayala-Telangana. Committee believes that this option may not offer a resolution which would be acceptable to people of all three regions.
- Bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh into Seemandhra and Telangana with enlarged Hyderabad Metropolis as a separate Union Territory. This Union Territory will have geographical linkage and contiguity via Nalgonda district in the south-east to district Guntur in coastal Andhra and via Mahboobnagar district in the south to Kurnool district in Rayalaseema. As such, while there are some positives of this option it may be difficult to reach a political consensus in making this solution acceptable to all. Particularly from Telangana, serious resistance and agitation on this issue could be expected.
- Bifurcation of the State into Telangana and Seemandhra as per existing boundaries with Hyderabad as the capital of Telangana and Seemandhra to have a new capital. After taking into account all the pros and cons,the Committee did not think it to be the most preferred, but the second best option. Separation is recommended only in case it is unavoidable and if this decision can be reached amicably amongst all the three regions.
- Keeping the State united by simultaneously providing certain definite Constitutional/Statutory measures for socio-economic development and political empowerment of Telangana region – creation of a statutorily empowered Telangana Regional Council. The Committee considers that unity is in the best interest of all the three regions of the state as internal partitions would not be conducive to providing sustainable solutions to the issues at hand.In this option, it is proposed to keep the state united and provide constitutional/statutory measures to address the core socio-economic concerns about development of Telangana region. This can be done through the establishment of a statutory and empowered Telangana Regional Council with adequate transfer of funds, functions and functionaries in keeping with the spirit of Gentlemen's Agreement of 1956.
Here is in my opinion I think is the solution to solve this issue hopefully forever .
- Bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh into Seemandhra and Telangana with enlarged Hyderabad Metropolis as common capital city for 20 years. This common capital Metropolis will have geographical linkage and contiguity via Nalgonda district in the south-east to district Guntur in coastal Andhra and via Mahboobnagar district in the south to Kurnool district in Rayalaseema.
- Capital city revenue from central income tax state share and state taxes should be shared between Telangana and Andhra states for 20 years. 35% to Telangana. 35% to Andhra and 30% to Hyderabad common capital city.
- Major cities should be free zones for govt jobs, business and education for 20 years. Major cities are Hyderabad, Vishakapatnam , Vijayawada-Guntur twin cities & Thirupathi. for all other regions, 5 years of primary education in state is required for students to be eligible for professional higher education. 10 years of living status in newly formed states for state govt jobs.
- Constitutional protection and rights to people to do business and work in private jobs irrespective of their regional, religious, caste, language affiliations.
- Special development packages to Rayalaseema and coastal andhra regions.
- High court benches in Vijayawada-Guntur, Vishakapatnam and Tirupathi.
- Set up IIT in Vishakapatnam, IIM in Vijayawada, NIT in Nellore. NIT Warangal and NIT Nellore will be common NITs for Telanagana and Semmandhra for 5 years.
- Develop coastal corridor for ports, shipping, sea food and recreation business .
- Central govt committee for river water sharing between Telangana and Seemandhra.
- 6 lane national highway direct link between shamshabad airport to Gannavaram Airport.
- 6 lane national highway between Bengaluru to Vijayawada-Guntur via kadapa town.
I call this as a constructive thinking.. and definitely a right way towards the solution for the current crisis. The 20 years time frame to adjust the infrastructure needs or the other kind of needs is really depends on how good the alternative is been built. I agree that the fact that development comes through diversification. At least for the new state that is going to be formed make sure not all infrastructure is focused on one city, rather spread them to multiple cities strategically. The ultimate point is no wants to loose the opportunities whether its job, water, resources. The primary reasons for both the Telangana and Samykyandhra movements. (not talking abt Politicians). Govt has to really come up with a good plan to satisfy both the regions. Now the bottle neck 'Hyderabad' definitely should be shared till an alternative been made. Seemandhra will definitely gets convinced if another few Hyderabads can be born IN REALITY. Some one should come with a solid plan to convince people on building a capital that can compete Hyderabad in X years. Then only people will realize the benefits rather than fear of losing.
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