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WHY WE NEED SPECIAL STATUS ARTICLE 371

?Hyderabad Karnataka region joined the Karnataka state with low level of

development.This is evident from most of committee reports at national and

state level. The fact finding committee report1954 recommended to doublethe number of educational institutions and to increase fourfold medical

facilities and road length bt 5069 miles.,The Hyderabad karnataka

development committee report 1980 observing the various economic

indicators and level of development of Gulbarga division as compared to the

state average stated that if in 10 years time it has to reach the state

average, an investment of 350 crores will be required,

The HPCFRRI Report 2002 listed 39 most backward talukas in

Karnataka .Of this 21 talukas are in Gulbarga division which needs to

be urgently addressed under article 371.

In terms of he human development and gender development the

districts ranks in the last position in the state (21h,26th,24th and 27th

ranks)

The region has a low literacy rate of 53.45% less than that of

telengana 58.77% as per 2001 census.

The representation of Hyderabad Karnataka in gazette and non gazette

posts is lowest amongst all the different regions of the state.In the

statess secretariat the representation is only 5.45%, Simlarily

in,KPSC,State planning commission,legislative assembly

The representation of hyderabad karnataka in central government

undertakings like railways, banks, insurance and various othe

corporations, commissions is very low.

The representation of students in professional courses viz engineering

and medical and in other higher education courses through CET is very

low.They are not getting their due share ,as their competitive abilitity

is less than other divison students.

The region has a large concentration of socially disadvantaged

population, i.e Scheduled castes, Scheduled tribes and Minorities

population..

Most of the irrigation projects needs to be completed.

Transport development is pathetic.Many villages are to be connected

with pucca roads.There is need to upgrade the district and state roads.

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There is urgent need to set up railway division in Gulbarga to meet the

railway demands of the people of Hyderabad Karnataka .The region

needs more connectivities to Mumbai,Bangalore,Hubli,Belgaum,and

Delhi.

Speedy completion of airports.

There is a urgent need to develop large scale,small scale,agrobased

industries in the region,Bidar district is listed in No-industries list.

Of the three erstwhile regions of the state of Hyderabad,equally

backward in terms of social and economic infrastructure,only

telengana and marathawada regions were accorded special status and

were protected under the umbrella of Article 371.Hyderabad Karnataka

was denied with such previlege

SUGGESTED MODEL FOR HYDERABAD KARNATAKA REGION

Hyderabad Karnataka cannot embrace either telengana nor vidharbha model

for addressing its backwardness,Both human as well as regional

backwardness has to be addressed, Hence a combination of differentpackages under article 371 of the Indian constitution is must. T he packages

should cover reservation of jobs for localities in jobs and educational

institutions as well as it should provide financial packages under health

,education,agriculture, irrigation, roads, railways, tourism, and many other

schemes of development for the region.

Hence the following packages should be considered under article 371 for theinclusive growth of Hyderabad Karnataka region;-

Hyderabad Karnataka Area Development Board should beaccorded with the similar Statutory status in par with the

Vidharba or Marathawada Boards and be given financialpackages to develop the social and economic infrastructure ofHyderabad Karnataka viz roads, health centres,schools andcollege infrastructure,air ports, irrigation projects.

.To provide equitable opportunities to different areas of thestate in the matter of education by setting up of moreinstitutions of higher education specially for hk students,

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To provide equitable opportunities to different areas of thestate in the matter of employment and career prospect inpublic service as recommended by nanjundappa report ormulki rules are to be continued in the region.

Special impetus for the industrial development of hk region

through fiscal incentives.