Wednesday, December 30, 2009
HIX NIX STIX BRIX
Country people in Maharashtra, many of them manoos and supporters of Shiv Sena, apparently do not yet support the creation of a separate state with provincial capital at rural Nagpur.
This is the case, even though some 22,400 suicides occurred last year in the area under question, most said to be due to bad central administration at Mumbai. Separate statehood does appear to be the situation in Telegana, Andra Pradesh where large numbers are asking for a separate state of Telegana.
The Telegana protest movement says: "Telangana region is part of Andhra Pradesh state in southern India. It constitutes Hyderabad, Adilabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Mahaboobnagar, Medak, Nalgonda, Nizamabad, RangaReddy and Warangal districts. Telangana region is one of the least developed regions in India. Rampant poverty, illiteracy, malnourished children, child labor, farmer suicides, unemployment, water scarcity and electricity shortage are some of the problems of this region. There are millions of people who are not fortunate enough to send their children to schools or feed their children three times a day, or provide safe drinking water to their families in this area".
IMO: The Nagpur problem and the Telegana problem could probably both be resolved without creation of new states, but both would require substantial local government reform. It is hoped that some of the existing problems in Thane, where the present commentator is situated, will be resolved simply by the new local appointee Vivek Pandit, but it may still take some time for him to clear up the 'concrete jungle' and construction work dust, extremely heavy traffic, insufficient water and electric power and the like around here. We certainly hope things will improve. Some actually say the local conurbation in beautiful downtown Vasai will become more important than Mumbai itself, so care should really be taken with local progress. As far as I know there is as yet no strong movement for a new state of Thane.
Someone said: "If they cannot do well with a proper big state, they have no chance at all if they are separated into a small state".
IMO: For many years Mumbaikers have had to cope with the administrational distance from Delhi, and more complexeties may not help
This is the case, even though some 22,400 suicides occurred last year in the area under question, most said to be due to bad central administration at Mumbai. Separate statehood does appear to be the situation in Telegana, Andra Pradesh where large numbers are asking for a separate state of Telegana.
The Telegana protest movement says: "Telangana region is part of Andhra Pradesh state in southern India. It constitutes Hyderabad, Adilabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Mahaboobnagar, Medak, Nalgonda, Nizamabad, RangaReddy and Warangal districts. Telangana region is one of the least developed regions in India. Rampant poverty, illiteracy, malnourished children, child labor, farmer suicides, unemployment, water scarcity and electricity shortage are some of the problems of this region. There are millions of people who are not fortunate enough to send their children to schools or feed their children three times a day, or provide safe drinking water to their families in this area".
IMO: The Nagpur problem and the Telegana problem could probably both be resolved without creation of new states, but both would require substantial local government reform. It is hoped that some of the existing problems in Thane, where the present commentator is situated, will be resolved simply by the new local appointee Vivek Pandit, but it may still take some time for him to clear up the 'concrete jungle' and construction work dust, extremely heavy traffic, insufficient water and electric power and the like around here. We certainly hope things will improve. Some actually say the local conurbation in beautiful downtown Vasai will become more important than Mumbai itself, so care should really be taken with local progress. As far as I know there is as yet no strong movement for a new state of Thane.
Someone said: "If they cannot do well with a proper big state, they have no chance at all if they are separated into a small state".
IMO: For many years Mumbaikers have had to cope with the administrational distance from Delhi, and more complexeties may not help
# posted by uv : 3:47 AM
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