People fight for Bellampalli, Mancherial and Asifabad as new district Hq
The Telangana governments’ efforts to create new
districts in the state for the better administration and improve the
accessibility for the people to government machinery, has divided the people of
the district on the issue and have started fighting among themselves on headquarters
of the new districts to be created in the state.
Demand for revival of the old district head quarters
Asifabad as new district to be created is gaining ground following the state
government’s decision to create a new district out of the existing Adilabad district.
On the other hand, people of Bellampalli area also
demanding the creation of new district with Bellampalli as its headquarters
instead Mancherial. Leaders of Bellamaplli Zilla Sadhana committee argue that
Mancherial will be far way for the people of the interior Bejjur, Kautala,
Dahegoan mandal and Bellamapalli is the centre to all the areas in the new district
to be created.
Leaders of Asifabad Zilla Sadhana Samiti also came
out with similar argument before state government to justify their demand.
During 1913-14, District headquarters was shifted to
Asifabad from Adilabad owing to the administration exigencies and it was
continued till 1940-41 and later Adilabad was once again made district
headquarters.
Asifabad Zilla Sadhana Samiti and Bellampali Zilla
Sadhana committees were formed and members and leaders of the committees had
launched their agitations to achieve their demand.
With these developments, political leaders and
leaders of various organizations also divided with their divulging opinions on
the issue and not only creating confusion among the people but also spreading
the enmity among the people of different areas within the district.
The issue is raising the temperaments among the
people and issue forced the former and ruling MLAs took the sides of the
agitation for creation of new district with the towns as headquarters falling in
their respective Assembly constituencies like Mancherial, Bellampalli and
Asifabad.
Earlier, the issue of creation of new district with
Bellampalli as its headquarters was rocked the district development committee
meeting at Mancherial and resulted in unending arguments by then MLAs Gunda
Mallesh of Bellampalli and Gaddam Aravind Reddy of Mancherial.
Asifabad Zilla
Sadhana Samiti convenor Gurrala Venkateshwar said ‘creation of new district as
Asifabad its headquarters naming after Adivasi legendary late Komuram Bheem
will be good for people of the district and the area will be developed as it
attached to sate high way No-1 between Telangana and Maharashtra’. He recalled
that ‘Asifabad was district headquarters for many years in the past’.
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