Comparision - Telangana – Rayalseema – Uttara Andhra

Lot of times I hear Brothers from Rayalseema and Costal wondering why people talk about the neglect in Telangana, when we see the same amount of negligence in districts like Anantapur, Srikakulam, Vizianagaram etc.

In this article I would like to express the Telanganites stand point.

The State of Andhra Pradesh was formed on November 1, 1956 by the merger of already existing two states (Andhra and Hyderabad) and hence Andhra Pradesh was a conditional state unlike other Linguistic states formed in India after the first S.R.C (states reorganization committee headed by Justice Fazal Ali).


Conditional state: why a conditional state? The reason is simple.
Andhra (coastal + Rayalseema + Uttara Andhra) was economically strong wherein people were more educated, knew lobbying at different levels, were technically good compared to Telanganites but their state exchequer of Andhra State with Kurnool as capital was in real Doldrums, unable to bear even the salaries to the employees of the state.
On the other hand due to the atrocities of Razakars, Feudal Land lords, the people of Telangana were less educated but the looted money by Nizam was later distributed among the Central Government, Hyderabad State and a small portion was given to Nizam. On the whole Telangana people were less educated, weak in Technical skills but had a strong Revenue base and the Hyderabad State that existed between 1948 and 1956 always had Surplus budget. Hyderabad state with good Natural resources (Rich Coal deposits found in Adilabad, KarimNagar, Warangal and Khammam), Largest deposits of Lime stone in the south, Good fertile lands ( in the districts of Nizamabad, Karimnagar, Medak, Warangal, Khammam and Nalgonda ) , Rivers Krishna & Godavari Flowing across the region was all set to make its mark in future.

Telanganites were never interested to merge with Andhra with a fear that they would be neglected and would never get their fair share in the future years to come.
Andhra Lobbyists persuaded Telanganites and made all the promises they could that would ease the process of Merger.
As the state was formed with Conditions on Hand, we would call Andhra Pradesh as a Conditional State rather than calling it as a Linguistic Telugu State(First SRC never suggested one united state for Telugu speaking People instead SRC Recommended existence of Andhra and Hyderabad as two seperate states).

The conditions were between two units or Parties at that Time:
1. Andhra (comprises of Coastal Region, Uttara Andhra Region and Rayalseema Region)
2. Hyderabad State (Today’s “Telangana”).

As these are only two parties involved in the agreement, whenever one region tries to take an undue advantage, the other region has the right to fight for the injustice meted on them. This is happening today. Telangana has to advocate for itself as on numerous occasions . Time and again agreements (Gentlemen's Agreement of 1956, Mulki Rules, 6 point formula, 8 point formula, Presedential Order or 610G.O.) were not honored nor did Telangana receive justice in spite of its rich contribution towards Andhra Pradesh today.


As the rule of the land says that locals rights should be protected while sharing the riches with others. Telangana never deceived Rayalseema or Uttara Andhra of its fair share. On the contrary, Telangana was deprived of its share in water, jobs, Educational facilities, Healthcare and social justice. Telangana contributed a lot towards Andhra Pradesh Economy but never had anything for its people. Questions were raised many times against this gross injustice and as they were paid a Deaf Ear, it had become inevitable to fight for their identity that can be achieved only through Separate Satehood.


As far as I know, Telangana is the only region which has a District(Nalgonda) wheirein 7,00,000 People are affected by Fluorsis (Legs Crippled, Hands Crippled, ) due to lack of supply of drinking Water to hundreds of villages even though Nalgonda has the largest Masonary dam in the World, Nagarjuna Sagar built on its soil.


MahabubNagar District could see River Krishna flowing 365 days in the year in its vicinity but has severe drought which drives out lakhs of people from the district every year in search of Food & shelter.


These examples are just a tip on the Iceberg and in my future articles I would discuss in detail injustice meted onto Telangana one sector at a time like Educational disparities, Healthcare disparities etc.