Transformation of
T State at fast clip
Vanam Jwala
Narasimha Rao
(Golden Telangana...Four
years of TRS Rule)
The Hans India
(26-05-2018)
Telangana is the result of decade’s long struggle of people
protesting against discrimination and injustice. The new
State of Telangana had come into existence on June 2,2014 as the 29th
state of India. This however was made possible only after nearly six decade
long relentless struggle, fulfilling the long-cherished aspirations of nearly
four Crore people to establish their identity and chart their own future.
In
the combined state Telangana suffered injustice on all fronts more particularly
in the development of irrigation, allocation of resources and employment
(Neellu, Nidhulu, Niyamakalu). What the new State inherited was acute shortage
of power, unscheduled power cuts forcing the industry to shut down or operate
on shifts, gross underutilization of irrigation potential making agriculture in
Telangana drought prone and unsustainable, driving farmers to suicides and nine
out of the then ten districts categorized by the Union Government as backward.
There
were vested interests and pessimists going around and spreading falsehood that
the new State was incapable of governing, will drive away the people from the
neighbouring State living in Telangana and that industry would shift base to
other States. Their prediction was that the new State was destined to fail.
Added to these, there were uncertainties regarding financial resources, acute
shortage of All-India Services officers because of the delay in their
distribution between the successor States and the challenge of putting the
administrative machinery back on track.
Fulfilling
the aspirations of the people, which remained suppressed so far, is the major
challenge before Telangana Government and its Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar
Rao. The biggest challenge before KCR and his government was how to go about
reinventing and reorienting Telangana. The new State of Telangana has a
lot of catching up to do to fulfil the ambitions of its people. The same zeal
and resolve with which the State was achieved has been channelled into the
development of the State. Government concern was that people
have suffered enough and they should not be allowed to suffer any longer on any
front.
Multi-pronged
and Multi-layered Effort
Towards
Leveraging on transition for transformation KCR adopted a Multi-pronged and
Multi-layered Effort for Reinventing and Reorienting Telangana. When Telangana
State was formed, the prevailing situation and environment consisted of:
· The
aspirations and expectations of people were very high
· The
new state was at cross roads in terms of transition and the leadership needed
to respond to Challenges of Change
· Non-
availability and ambiguity about the base line data
· No
laid down blue print nor any time-tested model to depend upon
· Need
to start everything from the scratch and prepare a long-term road map for the
young and newly formed state,
· Requirement
of setting right the imbalances in the
regions and newly formed State that were neglected in the united AP
governance and from where resources were diverted
· Decide
and focus on most important and critical priorities
· Chronic
and acute shortage of power
·
Uncertainty about assured availability
of water supply for drinking, irrigation and industry and many more things like
that.
Envisioning
Bangaru Telangana
The enthusiasm
generated during struggle and people’s movement required to be quickly
redirected towards systematic development and transformation. This required
conceptualizing, initiating, prioritizing, mobilizing, aligning, organizing,
implementing, time bound plans for transformation and governance. This
necessitated having a team of leaders with transformational leadership who not
only “Lead by Example” but “Live by Example” in their thoughts, actions and
life. A vision which could reflect people’s aspirations, and which could be
translated in to actions, by grounding a slew of development and welfare
schemes, that are interlinked and inter-related towards the goal of making it a
Bangaru Telangana was required. The development and welfare schemes that have
been conceived and launched since the formation of state are grounded and being
implemented in time bound manner with total commitment.
Chief
Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao envisioned Bangaru Telangana where everyone in
the State will be prosperous, healthy and happy and where no one suffers any
distress. The vision of Bangaru Telangana is not a mere statement of intentions
but a determined effort to transform the potential of Telangana into reality,
to regain its past glory and unique rich cultural identity, which remained
suppressed in the combined State. Within
a short time of the formation of the State, Telangana had undergone major
transition towards achieving this goal: from shackled to a growth-oriented
economy, poor governance to strong and people-centric governance, from mere
launching projects to effectively implementing them in a time bound manner and
from promises to delivery.
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