'Separation of Andhra Pradesh disastrous'

Kakinada, Jul 27 : Representatives of various organisations, favouring unified Andhra Pradesh, told the Srikrishna panel at Rangampet in East Godavari district today that the separation of Andhra Pradesh will be disastrous and if the separation was favoured, by any, it would open the Pandora's Box dividing the nation as a whole.They told the committee that the division of the state will give rise to river water dispute and people would also lose employment avenues.''Already projects were constructed across the Godavari and Krishna rivers by Maharashtra and Karnataka. If the state was divided, some districts in the Andhra region would turn into deserts as Telangana also would construct projects leaving little water downstream,'' they said. Anaparty MLA Nallamilli Seshareddy said if the state was divided, the Godavari river water would not be available and the area would become desert. East Godavari people, particularly, the Anaparty constituency people, were favouring unified Andhra Pradesh. Earlier the committee members, including V K Duggal, Ravidingra, Amita Mityani and nodal officer Rajiv Sarma accompanied by incharge Collector Kona Sasidhar and SP Ghattamaneni Srinivas visited Cotton Barrage at Dowlesweram and made inquiries with the irrigation engineers on the inflows for the past five decades and the possible affect in case of constructing more dams across Godavari in the Telangana region. The committee would conduct public hearing at the Collectorate here tomorrow before returning to Hyderabad.
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