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Can urbanisation be stopped? Can rural folk be prevented from migrating to cities if livelihoods are created in their own backyards? Can such programmes be done? These were some of the questions raised during the first workshop on `Sustainable development of mega cities of tomorrow' with each speaker having his/her own take on the issues.

The Municipal Administration Minister K. Ranga Rao felt reforms have increased the number of poor and wanted steps to halt migration of rural folk. Since his Government was developing a `model state' there would not be any need for anyone to move from place to place.

The MCH Commissioner Sanjay Jaju took pride that the Corporation was in an activist mode by taking up many infrastructure projects and also road widening. His vision was to make Hyderabad a better place to live in for everyone.

But, one of the European delegates from the developed country of Germany said improving city infrastructure would only attract more people to its fold.

The Andhra Pradesh State Council for Higher Education spent lakhs of rupees on seminars to deliberate on the recommendations of an expert committee that suggested changes in curriculum. It took the Council nearly two months to prepare a document to put before the Vice Chancellors for discussion. However, the entire exercise went in vain with violent incidents preceding the Vice Chancellors' meeting at Tirupati where they were supposed to discuss the issue threadbare. Such was the situation that the Vice Chancellors could not even open the neatly prepared document. Not just the document but the money for preparations of the meet too went down the drain as nothing concrete could be discussed. Whether it was the fault of the students who protested or the officials who could not foresee such situation, it was the taxpayers' money that was wasted. It hurts everyone.

V.Geetanath and

R. Ravikanth Reddy

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