The telangana State's long-standing demands for a Tribal university in mulugu and a National turmeric Board were finally conceded to by prime minister Narendra Modi on Sunday. Clearly frightened by the fact that the bharatiya janata party was rapidly losing support in the state, Modi was visibly upset.

In addition to declaring a Central Tribal university in the mulugu district, Modi announced the creation of the National turmeric Board on sunday when he lay the cornerstone and committed to the country many developmental projects totaling around Rs 13,500 crore in Mahabubnagar. The Sammakka-Sarakka goddesses of the tribes would be honoured with a university name. He stated that the Sammakka-Sarakka Central Tribal university will cost about Rs 900 crore.

Oddly enough, Modi failed to mention in his speech that the Tribal university was actually a commitment made to telangana under the andhra pradesh Reorganisation Act back in 2014 and that the State had steadfastly urged the Centre to advance the project and had even allotted land. This was about the time when Modi's administration approved and inaugurated Andhra Pradesh's Central Tribal university in 2020.

When one considers that the Centre recently stated during the recent monsoon session of the parliament that it had no plans to set up turmeric boards in the State, the political motivations behind the turmeric Board, which the State had been demanding for a long time and what the bjp had promised much before the 2019 General Elections, become clear. Instead, it had given the Spices Board control for promoting 52 different spices, including turmeric.

While there is little question that these two projects were an attempt at damage control after the Centre continued to ignore telangana for another ten years, Modi made an extra effort to put out the fire. By setting the groundwork for and officially opening a few additional initiatives, such as the Nagpur-Vijayawada Economic Corridor, this was accomplished. According to him, the corridor has been home to eight special economic zones, five mega food parks, four fishing and seafood clusters, three pharma and medical clusters, and one textiles cluster among other economic centres.

The Hyderabad-Visakhapatnam corridor's Suryapet-Khammam portion will be useful for travelling to the east Coast. For the locals, he added, the railway line being built between Jaklair and krishna portion will be crucial. He asserted that the Multiproduct Petroleum Pipeline between krishnapatnam and Hyderabad, for which he placed the foundation stone, would aid in job creation, while the Hassan-Cherlapally LPG Pipeline Project will play a significant part in ensuring energy security for residents in the area.

The 108 km long "four-lane access controlled Greenfield highway from warangal to khammam section of NH-163G" and the 90 km long "four-lane access controlled greenfield highway from khammam to vijayawada section of NH-163G" are among the road projects that make up the Nagpur-Vijayawada Economic Corridor. A total of roughly Rs 6,400 crore would be spent on the development of these road projects. The developments will result in a 14 km reduction in travel time from warangal to khammam and a 27 km reduction from khammam to Vijayawada.

Additionally, the 'four laning of the 59 km long Suryapet to khammam portion of NH-365BB' was dedicated to the country by the prime minister. The project, which was constructed for around Rs 2,460 crore as part of the Hyderabad-Visakhapatnam Corridor, was created under the Bharatmala Pariyojana. The day's projects also included the opening of the Hassan-Cherlapally LPG Pipeline Project, which was constructed for roughly Rs. 2170 crore.
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G GOWTHAM

02/10/2023 09:15 AM