Telangana Chief Minister and the Panchendriyas:Vanam Jwala Narasimha Rao

Telangana Chief Minister 

and the Panchendriyas

Vanam Jwala Narasimha Rao

Honorable Chief Minister Telangana State Sri K. Chandrasekhar Rao has embarked upon giving a new definition to the word, “Development.” For him, development would not merely mean just laying roads, constructing bridges, buildings and other such infrastructural activity. Development for the Telangana State CM is an overall change in the living standards of the people in general and those oppressed and depressed classes in particular.

The Telangana state government, ever since it came to power in the new State, has formulated several programs, projects and schemes for the betterment of the people from poor Dalits to others.  Apart from other development and welfare measures, the CM has fixed a five point agenda also as the most important objective of his government for the rest of its tenure. CM firmly believes that this five point agenda will drastically change the living standards of people in Telangana state for better. The five issues have become the Panchendriyas (five important senses) of the Telangana Government.

Distribution of land to the landless Dalits is aimed at empowering the Dalit families who eke out their living on agriculture by giving them three acres of agriculture land. CM KCR has formally launched the scheme on the Independence Day on August 15 at the state level celebrations held at the historic Golconda Fort. The same day, in the districts, ministers have launched the scheme and distributed pattas to the Dalits.

In the first phase of the program, 423 people have received about 1141.60 acres of land. Under the program, the state government is providing all the necessary help to the beneficiary, from providing inputs and infrastructure facilities, extending extension services to helping in getting the required funds.

The Telangana Drinking Water Grid is another, first of its kind project in the country, under which drinking water will be provided to each and every household in the next five years.  It is calculated that about 50 TMC of water is needed for Hyderabad and 80 TMC for rest of the state. The proposed cost of the project is Rs 25,000 crores.

Reviving and restoring lakes and other natural water bodies is yet another important program of the Telangana Government. Unless the lakes and water tanks are revived, the Telangana state is not in a position to utilize about 265 TMC of water from Krishna, Godavari Rivers under minor irrigation. There are about 45,000 tanks in the Telangana state. Efforts are on to remove all the encroachments of the tanks. The state government is planning to invite people’s participation in a big way to restore the water bodies.

To increase the forest cover in the state which is at about 25 per cent, the state government is planning to plant 250 crores saplings in the next three years.  Named as Haritha Haram, the program will be monitored by the forest department which is the nodal agency. People are also encouraged to participate in the program.

The fifth on the top most agenda of CM is providing a two bed Room House to the weaker sections. The state government has already ordered a CBCID investigation into large scale irregularities that took place in the weaker sections housing under the united AP Government.  CM has announced that a two bed room house will be built with a cost of Rs three lakh each for the weaker sections and the government would bear all the expenses.