Adivasis to show cultural unity

Adivasis of Adilabad district are going to showcase their culture and traditions united on a big scale soon and this would be their last event before the formation of the new district.

Adivasis are being divided into Adilabad, Nirmal, and Mancherial districts. They have been agitating demanding the state government to create a tribal district with Utnoor headquarters consisting 13 tribal mandals to protect their culture and rights but in vain.   

The ITDA is conducting Girijana Samskritika Sammelan first of its kind to exhibit folk arts of various groups of tribals at Kumram Bheem complex on September 16 and 17 in Utnoor.

The Gond, Kolam, Thoti, Pardhan, Mannewar, Naikpod, and Lambadas will perform their  cultural programmes exhibiting their unique set of culture and traditions during the Sammelan.

ITDA, Utnoor project officer R.V Karnan said various tribal groups including primitive tribals would display their unique traditions, customs, art forms and gods and added that the event was intended to bring all the tribal cultures and art forms at one platform.

The programme was also aimed to make the new generation familiar with their tradition and customs and gods and to protect the Adivasis culture which is gradually disappearing with the influence of the modernity.   

Cultural groups comprising each 50 persons will be formed from each Tribal group and perform their art forms during the event. In charges will take care of their   respective cultural group.

According to official sources, tribals will take out a massive rally in the Utnoor town displaying their folk art forms on September 16 and cultural events will take place the next day.   

Smaller districts to hit Maoist activities hard

The creation of new districts is likely to hit the Maoists activities in the north Telangana. 

With the sufficient force, advanced technology and well-connected informant network, police will be more vigilant on the movements of the Maoists in the smaller districts.  

With the decentralization of Administration, it is easy to focus more on curbing the Maoist activities. New divisions also being created in the stronghold of the Maoists in the districts.      

It is surprising to note that the state government is dividing the existing districts which were once a stronghold of Maoists like Adilabad, Karimnagar, Warangal, and Khammam. It is being viewed as the creation of new districts will push the Maoist further to the corners on the river Pranahitha and the Godavari.

Adilabad district is being divided into Nirmal, Adilabad, and Mancherial, Karimnagar district into Peddapalli, Jagtiyal, Karimnagar and Warangal into Hanamkonda, Warangal, Bhoopalapalli and Mahaboobabad and Khammam into Kothagudem and Khammam districts.

The Maoists activities have already confined to the borders of the rivers Pranahitha and Godavari for sometimes as the state government is taking security measures to control the Maoist activities along the borders of these districts sharing borders with Maharashtra and Chattisgarh states.

Telangana government has launched joint operations against the Maoists with coordination of police of bordering states.

New districts splits people

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’.