How many of you have even heard of Telangana outside India? This blog is about a state in India that came into being only in 2014 after dividing the state of Andhra Pradesh but rose like phoenix in just 8 years to become a prosperous state that has set itself up as the model of development to inspire the whole country.
It is true that India is fast rising as the country of
surplus food, rapid infrastructure development and high level of investment in
practically all sectors of the economy that grows year after year at a rate
that other developed nations look at with envy. But today you will watch a
video here on Telangana that will show you what a leader with vision,
determination and hard work achieved just short 8 years that will surprise you
and completely change your view of India from negative to highly positive.
It is also true that what is happening in Telangana is also happening elsewhere in India although may not be at the same scale that is transforming the whole nation of over 1.4 billion people.
https://youtu.be/_7QdV0ctqNI
Source : U tube video on Telangana state in India
Source : Google photo of the Chief Minister of Telangana KCR
All of it happened due to its Chief Minister Kalvakuntla
Chandrashekar Rao popularly known as KCR who was born Kalvakuntla
Chandrashekar Rao (born 17 February 1954), often referred to by his
initials KCR, is an Indian politician serving as the first and
current Chief Minister of Telangana since 2 June 2014. He is the founder
and leader of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi, a regional party in
Telangana, India.[3] He
is known for leading the Telangana movement to achieve statehood for Telangana.
Previously, he served as the Union Minister of Labour and
Employment from 2004 to 2006. He represents Gajwel constituency
in the Legislative Assembly of Telangana. Rao took oath as the first Chief Minister
of Telangana in 2014 and
was re-elected for the second term in 2018.[4]
Telangana as a state is a relatively new state of India
that broke away from the State of Andhra Pradesh only in 2014 but grows rapidly
to bring growth and development to all its citizens living in rural and its
urban centers at a speed that boggles the mind.
It broke away from Andhra Pradesh that was ruled by the Nizam who being one of the richest persons in the world lived in opulent palaces and ate from pure gold plates while his subject mired in poverty, unemployment and misery lived in destitution showing the contrast between its past and the present. Farmers committed suicide who could not pay their debts and the young people left the state in large numbers to try their luck elsewhere in India and abroad. The sick and old people had nowhere to seek help while children died of malnutrition.
Their education and their future was neglected by the
narcissistic Nizam who dreamed of joining Pakistan in 1947 being a Fundamentalist
Moslem. But Sardar Patel, the Home Minister of the newly independent India in
1947 foiled the dream of Nizam when he ordered the state to be surrounded by
the army to make Nizam capitulate and join the Indian Union. ( Read my blog
here called A man of steel here )
KCR was a leader who struggled very hard to achieve the
separate state called Telangana with Hyderabad as its capital. Hyderabad
International airport is believed to be the most modern and beautiful not only
in India but also abroad.
He did not neglect any aspect of the development in his
state but he gave special emphasis on the rural development to bring free
electricity and water to all farmers and built the infrastructure to support
them so the villages look modern and with all amenities that one finds in urban
areas.
He forgave the loans of farmers and encouraged modern ways
of farming with massive help from the agriculture scientists and experts,
subsidies from the government and made it easier for them to sell their farm
products because of newly developed farm to market roads all over the state.
Millions of hectares of dry and parched land was brought
under cultivation through massive lift irrigation projects that brought water
for the first time to the dry areas that are now lush with all kinds of crops.
The scale of the irrigation project in Telangana is astounding .The speed at
which such big projects were completed is a record.
Poor people in Telangana state are given free 2 bed room
housing, free education for the young including uniform, school supplies and
food, free water and electricity, free ambulance service 24 hours a day, free
health and medical care, free pre and post-natal care and nutrition for women
among numerous such gifts from their government. It is in sharp contrast to the
Capitalist system in some countries where a poor woman has to give birth in the
parking lot of the hospital because she cannot afford the medical insurance.
While India is undergoing a development in all sectors,
different states of the country are ruled by different Chief Ministers who may
belong to different political parties who may have their own agenda like in
Telangana so their success depends upon the will, honesty and integrity of
their leaders. The success of the Telangana state is linked directly to its
popular Chief Minister KCR who is known for his honesty and integrity and his
hands on approach while many other states are ruled by corrupt ministers who
only enrich themselves while people suffer.
If true leaders like KCR emerge in all the states, the
whole country will shine like Telangana but the political parties are corrupt,
their elected leaders are corrupt in many parts so the development in their
states are patchy except where the Central Government in Delhi plans and
executes big projects like national roads, rail and power networks.
https://youtu.be/CSjBYdnlUUY Source : U Tube video on Telangana
https://youtu.be/UPRKkSU5_40 Source : U Tube video on Hyderabad
When you watch these two videos on Hyderabad, you will see why people are talking about Hyderabad with such excitement.
https://youtu.be/qnOIv4tjEU0 Source : U Tube video on airport
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Source : Google photo of the Husain Sagar lake with Buddha statue in Secunderabad , the twin city of Hyderabad, India.
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