Telangana celebrating its one year existence after years of turmoil.One year is good time to introspect how Telangana and its chosen government performed.At the outset i say that this govt is trying to get basics right.getting basics right is crucial for long innings.Let us see how this government fared across many areas and what it can do better.
Society:
Society as whole became more confident and assertive. It took full control of itself. Be it celebrating Batukamma on unprecedented scale or celebrating Indian independence day from golconda fort. Promoting Telangana art to folk songs to cuisine. Govt could more by giving honorary professorships to all the artists in different areas in universities to keep those arts alive and pass knowledge to future generations.
Electricity
Telangana inherited installed capacity of around 4200 MW out of which 2200 MW thermal and 2000MW of Hydel which is not reliable as it is season based. Effectively we have 2200 MW of electricity. Roughly every 1000MW electricity produces 19MU(Million Units) with PLF of 80%.If you look at the electricity consumption of Telangana is 135-151MU. From Telangana alone we can at max generate 41 MU( 2200MW * 24 * 0.8). This mean we are now effectively buying 90-110 MU. To just meet the demand on our needs another 6000 MW. So,with 8000MW of installed capacity we can meet our demand.
By 2015 year end, we get KTPS - 800 MW and Singareni 1200 that adds around 40 MU.
In 2016, 2000 MW solar get added so additional 40MU.so,our own power is around 110-120 MU by end of 2016. if Bhadradri 1080 comes by 2019.,additional 20 MU. With this we can meet our current demand on our own. On our own we will be self sufficient. if you add 4000 MW from Nalgonda(2019),1000MW from chatisgarh,4000MW from NTPC,Telangana can sell power to neighbouring states.Mind you we can always buy 60MU in market anytime as we are doing today.
In all likelihood one word KCR surely to keep is on electricity as he has planned well and backed by able leadership in the form of Prabhakar Rao.Kudos to his vision and his execution skills as well.
Irrigation
Major irrigation was often used tool to explain the Telangana suffering. It is non starter.
Understandably so as it needs reorientation and rethinking.Everybody who had roots in villages can associate with lakes. It is common question that comes up ,even now, when i call home "How much full is lake?". Govt did a great service to society by taking lake restoration program.This possible as it is headed by who understood Telangana society from bottom to top.we need to understand what are our core strength and weaknesses as society. We need to play to our strength and work on weaknesses. Given the extreme temperatures and unpredictable monsoon ,this will help the environment longways.
Forests
Monkey menace simply explains the state of forests in Telangana. Ingenuity of CM KCR comes to the fore here. If you tell anybody this problem,they must have suggested to cull monkeys.
His solutions are needs to be appreciated. as he suggested put the monkeys where they belong-forests by planting fruit and other trees within forests and empty lands..This simply exemplifies the great thinking of CM KCR.Just addressing the symptom wont do any good for society,address the problem.CM KCR has identified the importance of our forests.
Telangana forests were bulldozed by our own Telangana people.Walk to any forest neighbouring place like my own Achmapet,look at the wealthy most of them made from forests.It needs to insert fear among those who exploit nature.By providing and empowering local Chenchus. nobody loves forest more than them.
Roads
KCR great strength has always been his communication- putting complex things in simple ways.This gets reflected that way he communicated about his vision for roads in Telangana.
He says- Each village will be connected to mandal by 1 lane road ,mandal to district by 2 lane road and each district to Hyderabad by 4 lane road and. This dream come true to Telangana when this happens. Can you just imagine the potential of this idea?. it changes whole economy of telangana.be it movement of goods and people or service.Fund allocations are done,need to see how this pans out.
Water
If one thing that puts Telangana on great plane is this one.This is life changing thing for common Telangana citizen. When this implemented this is kind of panacea to all social ills. I still remember days when my mother used to get up at 3-30 AM everyday to fetch water from near by "Hand Pump" to avoid the crowd and cat fights.This improves general health of women and amount of time they spend fetching water. Major source to all village illness are fluoride water or contaminated water.This just makes Healthy Telangana. generation will be proud of KCR and his govt. This makes him EMS of Telangana. EMS brought in land reforms in Kerala,his name etched in history forever. When KCR govt does this,It simply shapes the future of it.
Eductaion:
Biggest non starter.We need to how english medium education to all will pan out.With the technology his major source of problem finding good teachers can be solved. KCR himself created many CDs to explain the Telangana problem to whole world.I just wonder why same thing cant be done today.Create the CDs of each subject with best of the best people and pass on to the schools.The quality teachers cant be created overnight,only technology is the best substitute.if you keep waiting for english speaking teachers,this program doomed to fail.
Health:
Telangana hospitals are on death bed. It needs thorough overhaul. Unfortunately it is non stater.All promises were made.None of them is started. district hospitals with huge capacity with outlay of 100 crores. All right noises like changing working hours to suit rural people. I wonder why this government cant create 5 in each year in the similar line of Mission Kakatiya like DIVEDE an d CONQUER.Why one wing of government not learning from other.
Skill budilding
Recently TASK was opened but it is only aimed at the imparting IT skills.ITIs experiment to some extent worked.They are not ready for todays needs.They need overhaul.When NAC can offer 3 months in hostel course for construction. Why not same cant be done,though ITIS or some other means with other skills in electronics ,electrical,mechanical, life sciences or other demanding courses. One hand we want jobs preferably should be given to local people.But we need to equip them with skills. There is lack of cohesion.It looks govt is not working in tandem. It si small council of ministers.Ideally should have been better cohesion.
Unemployment :
In general Telangana economy back on track they ensured in all possible ways. private investments started tricking in, with new industrial policy more to come.However KCR has so far not delivered on pubic sector employment except few positions in singareni. This is most crucial.He will make or break his image based on how he performs. Given all legal and administrative hurdles he treading a right path,however he will make or break his image for 2019..One single thing that decide his future is meeting that magic mark on of 1lk jobs.
Agriculture:
No respite from agrarian crisis,even after form loan waiver.In long term ,Mission Kakatiya,irrigation,quality electricity supply ,farm mechanisation,new warehouses, better market should help.Govt is thinking on all those lines but act fast on them.
Police
Telangana police are the notorious lot. Indirectly or directly in the name of containing naxalism,everybody growing up in 90s bore the brunt of police excess. be it either stripped in the bus-stands,stoping on roads or unprovoked abuses from police.And also while fighting for Telangana ,people roughed up with police and experienced excess of police.In general that should have resulted in mistrust between police and people had it not for KCR brilliant idea of harmonising the relationship between police and people by making them to work shoulder to shoulder with people on various initiatives.
Corruption: In Telangana, if somebody ask me to predict where more jobs will be carted i would say without a hesitation it must be electricity department.Every week i see news ACB raid on one AE or other.I wonder in no time electricity department without any AEs. This might be bit exaggeration,clandestinely he has given full powers to ACBs to take on employees.One hand he has increased their salaries other hand he is making them accountable with is without any fanfare.Yes there might still be retail corruption which might not have subsided but things should better.
CM KCR has chosen right team of babus to execute his vision. Any independent thinker can learn lot from KCR person perse by observing his leadership style and ingenuity.However it appears his own council of ministers are observant enough to learn quick and act quickly.
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