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Karnataka
By Our Staff Correspondent
Vaijnath Patil, President of the samiti and former minister, Vidyadhar Guruji, freedom fighter, Hanumanthrao Desai, former legislator, and Raju Kulgeri, who presented a memorandum to Mr. Advani in this regard on Monday, said here on Tuesday that separate statehood for the region was the only way to develop the core sectors in the backward region. They said successive governments had neglected the region after the reorganisation of the States on linguistic basis in 1956 and cared little for the welfare of the people of the region, who had the misfortune of suffering under the despotic rule of Nizam, under which not much importance was given to development. They said the areas which were under the Nizam and were merged with Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh after the reorganisation of the States were treated specially and provided special attention by the State governments. These areas were included under the Schedule of Article 371 of the Constitution to provide special reservation in education and employment for people from these regions. However, the Karnataka Government did not show any special interest in the development of the region or in providing special reservation, they alleged. The memorandum said that it was only after students and the samiti raised the matter and organised agitations that the State Government realised the seriousness of the situation and made "half-hearted" attempts to demand amendment of Article 371 to bring the Hyderabad-Karnataka region under the Schedule to provide special reservation, in 1998. However, so far nothing was known about the response. Mr. Patil and others said the unemployment level in Hyderabad-Karnataka was the highest in the State, and the share in government jobs one of the lowest. The number of students from the region getting admission to professional courses was the lowest. Although the population of the area was more than 20 per cent of that of the State, the percentage of students from the region who got admission to professional and vocational courses was as low as five. They accused the State Government of neglecting the implementation of irrigation schemes. The projects in the Krishna Basin in Karnataka continued to face lack of funds, and the State was not in a position to use its share of water as per the Bachchawat Tribunal Award. However, the other riparian states — Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra — had utilised their share of water and were coveting the rightful share of Karnataka, which had not been utilised. The State Government had failed to safeguard its rights over the waters of the Bheema river. It had allowed Maharashtra to usurp Karnataka's share of water by illegally increasing the height of the Ujjini Dam and diverting the river water through a tunnel to the Seena river illegally. The memorandum said the bifurcation of the State and creation of separate statehood would ensure speedy development of backward regions, which were endowed with natural resources and perennial rivers.
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