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People’s fiat will endure: KCR
The state government unveiled plans for the reorganization of districts at an all-party meeting held here on Saturday. The Opposition parties which welcomed the decision of the government made several suggestions.
Hyderabad: The state government unveiled plans for the reorganization of districts at an all-party meeting held here on Saturday. The Opposition parties which welcomed the decision of the government made several suggestions.
Thanking the Opposition parties for welcoming the state government’s initiative, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao announced that the draft notification for the formation of new districts would be issued on Monday (August 22).
Briefing the media after the Cabinet meeting, the Chief Minister said the creation of the new districts would take place only after eliciting views from the people.
People have every freedom and right to express their opinion and objections on the proposed districts, mandals and revenue divisions mentioned in the draft notification to the District Collectors or CCLA (Chief Commissioner Land Administration).
He said the government would duly consider the suggestions and aspirations of the people before issuing a final notification.
Stating that the government had adopted the AP District Formation Act for the speedy process, he said the creation of new districts is being done for the administrative convenience and people’s comfort.
The government is planning to reorganize each district with 15 to 20 mandals. Though population has been taken as one of the main criterion, he said, in some cases geo–physical factors played a main role in the carving of districts.
For instance, the proposed Bhupalpally district would have less population with tribal domination. But area-wise, the rural district would be a big one. Similarly, it was proposed to carve four districts out of Warangal district in a bid to help the growth of urban and rural districts, separately.
KCR said the creation of new courts and the process of changing jurisdiction would be completed in a year in consultation with the Chief Justice of the High Court.
KCR clarified that it is not necessary that the entire area of a particular Assembly or the Lok Sabha constituency remain in a single district only. There were several instances that a constituency is covered in two or three districts such as the Bhongir Parliamentary constituency.
All the elected bodies like Zilla Parishads, Panchayat Raj members and other local bodies would continue to be the members until their term ends in the new districts. The government would hold another all-party meeting before finalizing the new districts.
Speaking to newsmen after the meeting, Telangana Congress working president Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka and opposition leader in the state Legislative Council Mohd Ali Shabbir asked the government to issue guidelines for the district reorganization.
The Congress also demanded constitution of judicial commission to review the representations received from the people. The proceedings of the commission should be open to the public and its recommendations should be put in the public domain, they said.
TDP Telangana unit president L Ramana and party leader R Chandrasekhar Reddy said the party stressed on the need to elicit public opinion before finalization of the districts. They also said that equable distribution of resources among the old and new districts should be ensured.
BJP senior leader and MLC N Ramachander Rao said that his party had advised the government to name the new districts after some famous personalities like Komaram Bheem, Samakka Saralakka and Konda Laxman Bapuji, etc.
CPM state secretary Tammineni Veerabhadram and senior leader J Ranga Reddy said the Hyderabad district having 40-lakh population should be divided into smaller districts for administrative convenience just as Warangal is proposed to be divided into four districts.
The rights of the tribals should be protected in the tribal-dominating districts during the formation of districts, they added. CPI state secretary Ch Venkat Reddy said the government should follow certain norms in the formation of new mandals and revenue divisions and continue the zonal system so that the backward area people get employment opportunities.
