It was decided by the ruling Congress party that Andhra Pradesh could follow the fashion created by Bihar and other states and be cut into smaller pieces. This is referred to as 'bifurcation' in the delightful Victorian English that is still used, especially in legal circles.
BUT there are more than 5 million people living in the part that does not include the state capital of Hyderabad,who do not want dividing from the rest of the state into the new part to be known as Seemandhra. There are also a large number of residents in this coastal Seemandhra who want to be a third area called Ryalseema.
Various ministers of the A P state are on hunger strike and because the local Vizianagaram minister is thought to have changed sides in the argument. Some local people poured onto the streets and threatened his properties in the area.A curfew was declared.
All over the state electricity supplies have been disrupted so health services, buses railways and petrol supplies came to a standstill. The big government hospital in Visag is running on generators that burn kerosene at enormous cost.The general mayhem has been going on for 4 days now!
Victor says that the Rainbow children can't go home for the Dusshera religious holiday, to their colonies, because there is no transport to get home on. If they stay at DMC and Rainbow there is the problem of water and food, as farmers cant bring food to the markets. Shanti Nivas and Prem Nivas have water wells that have the newly installed hand pumps to draw water and both are growing some vegetables.
The central government will have to intervene and all will return to normal.
BUT there are more than 5 million people living in the part that does not include the state capital of Hyderabad,who do not want dividing from the rest of the state into the new part to be known as Seemandhra. There are also a large number of residents in this coastal Seemandhra who want to be a third area called Ryalseema.
Various ministers of the A P state are on hunger strike and because the local Vizianagaram minister is thought to have changed sides in the argument. Some local people poured onto the streets and threatened his properties in the area.A curfew was declared.
All over the state electricity supplies have been disrupted so health services, buses railways and petrol supplies came to a standstill. The big government hospital in Visag is running on generators that burn kerosene at enormous cost.The general mayhem has been going on for 4 days now!
Victor says that the Rainbow children can't go home for the Dusshera religious holiday, to their colonies, because there is no transport to get home on. If they stay at DMC and Rainbow there is the problem of water and food, as farmers cant bring food to the markets. Shanti Nivas and Prem Nivas have water wells that have the newly installed hand pumps to draw water and both are growing some vegetables.
The central government will have to intervene and all will return to normal.
