The Tentacles of the Seemandhra Moneybags Run Deep and Wide
Published on Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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The root cause of the Seemandhra opposition to the free state of Telangana is the fear of their illicit agreements with the AP Government coming to light. The principal opponents to the Telangana state are the business houses, which proliferated during the reign of Naidu and YSR, these businesses are easy to identify, they came in from nowhere, were promoted by the landlords from the Andhra and Rayalseema region, and the main area of operations for these businesses was Government contracts whether it be mining, construction, power, etc.
The Seemandhra movement for a unified Andhra state has died down and they are back in business, having received assurance from the Center and the State administration on the continuance of status quo, after paying the blood money of 10,000 crores to the Congress Party fund. The latest addition to the Government sanctioned plunder of the states resources is the clearance given to the 445-MW capacity Konaseema private power project to start power generation at a rate of Rs 2.80 a unit. The initial price at which the project was commissioned was Rs. 1.75 per unit, the Government’s revised offer now is a whopping 60% above the original price. And what of the antecedents of the owners of Konaseema Power Project, it is promoted by VBC (Visakhapatnam Bottling Company), a business house that has been in and out of BIFR until 2001, when it suddenly became a profit making company. Surprisingly, the fortunes of this company tail in with the Naidu and YSR
regimes.
Not only this, a look at the power purchase agreements the State Government has entered into with Private Power Companies in the last decade, will throw more light on how these businesses got entrenched into the system. The Government entered into a MOU with GVK in 1996 for purchasing power at a rate of Rs.1.80, with Spectrum in 1997 at Rs.1.99, with LANCO in 1999 at Rs.2.57 and finally now with Konaseema at Rs.2.80. This has been commented upon by the Comptroller and Auditor General in almost all its audits, but was conveniently swept under the carpet. As against this, Reliance Power has contracted to build Tilaiya 4,000 MW Ultra Mega Power Project at a tariff of just Rs.1.77 per unit.!!! No wonder these business houses collectively paid silence money to the Central Leadership, to backtrack on its commitment to form a separate state.
This plunder of the state’s coffers and resources by the Seemandhra white collar bandits with the collusion of the State administration cannot go on forever. And the time will come when these buccaneers can no longer purchase the future of Telangana. The day is not far when the voice of 3.5 crore people will make itself heard above the jingle of silver and the rustle of notes. And that day Telangana will be a reality.
Thanks Neera Kishore for sharing.
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Telanganaforever
March 10th, 2010 at 4:31 pm
Seemandhra leaders are looting us and our Telangana leaders are fit for nothing. They can’t loot or they can’t get Telangana for us. They are just fit for nothing. There is only one final solution.
FIGHT, FIGHT and FIGHT till you get freedom from Seemandhra politicians. They are taking turns to loot us. (Cong-I vs TDP)
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Telanganaforever
March 10th, 2010 at 6:03 pm
http://thevoiceoftelangana.com/
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Nalgonda
March 10th, 2010 at 8:24 pm
@telanganaforever,
You are wrong bhai, our leaders are fit for some thing which is licking andhra and seema leades boots and touching their feet for engili methukulu.
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sandeep
March 10th, 2010 at 10:27 pm
@Admin – u r doing gr8 job..thanx for putting Raj news channel live in our site..I appreciate that
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Telanganite
March 11th, 2010 at 12:33 am
@Telanganaforever… Hats off to you… Finally i was able to see the channel…
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Prakash
March 11th, 2010 at 1:40 am
@telanganaforever, @Nalgonda,
Let us not get this wrong, our leaders are also looting & cheating us.
We should fight against our own looters also. We should start phase 2 of the Telangana udyamam once our state is formed. Otherwise they will continue licking andhra and seema leades boots and touching their feet for engili methukulu even after Telangana is formed.
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khan
March 11th, 2010 at 2:30 am
This is what would happen. If you always fight in phases, how do you expect to get jobs?
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Javed Khan
March 11th, 2010 at 3:25 am
Students JAC in all districts/Mandals/Villages should join together with the lead from OU/KU JAC’s for forming a new political Party. We cannot believe these TDP and Congress parties any more, they have to wiped off from grassroots completely.
If any one has shown real sincerity/commitment and sacrifice for telangana it is only the Selfless Students/Employees/Lawyers and workers and TRS party only. All sections of telangana will support you 100 % if the lead is taken by students. Non violent ways are useless, if indulged in voilence students will be called Naxalites.
Join political mainstream and throw these 2 parties in to Bay of Bengal. Village level resolutions to be passed to boycott these 2 parties and the leaders from society.
Students should take it forward politically as suggested by our Martyr of O.U. Even after state formation lot of responsibilty is needed to lead the state to prosperity. We cannot give this oppurtunity to these selfish present day leaders. Students should resolve to create a dynamic state of Telangana.
Jai Telangana
Jai Hind.
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deefeye
March 11th, 2010 at 4:06 am
the above article misses out the most basic of business premise ” economies of scale.
konaseema power plant – 445 mw plant – cost per unit rs 2.80.
Reliance Tilaiya 4,000 MW Ultra Mega Power Project – 4000mw – cost per unit ts 1.77.
the bigger the capacity of the power plant the cheaper the generation cost/ unit.
the article also is incomplete. it does not shed any light on the type of fuel used. naturally there will be a difference of cost per unit generation cost when the fuel used is coal or gas.
why are such half baked articles permitted to be submitted and allowed to create a wrong impression that every decision this govt takes is against T interests.
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Telanganaforever
March 11th, 2010 at 7:36 am
We now have Real Khan, Thanks Javed Khan!
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David
March 12th, 2010 at 12:36 am
Deefeye!
when such projects are commissioned they mention every thing what ever you stated and also guarantee given on the price to continue for initial years.
i’m afraid your comment on the article is an out come of a half cooked brain.
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