A Perspective on Vizag
Says more than 53 percent people of three districts are BCs without special provisions
Visakha City, March 6, 2010
The Uttar Andhra Rakshana Vedika, espousing the cause of three North Andhra districts viz., Srikakulam, Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam wants Justice Srikrishna Committee to treat North Andhra, comprising the three districts as a separate region and not as part of coastal Andhra Pradesh. The culture, traditions and dialect people of these districts, which over the years had been subjected to neglect and remained backward are distinct and hence, the feelings and aspiration of the people should be considered separately said the Vedika president SS Siva Sankar and secretary DVT Ganesh.
The Committee members have been talking about only three regions in the State. Speaking to media persons on Friday, Siva Sankar asserted that unless the Committee recognized North Andhra as a separate region and took the latter’s views separately, the Vedika would not allow the Committee members to tour these parts. He said that more than 53 percent of the people in the three districts were BCs, but they had no concessions or special provisions. The Vedika wanted territorial council to be formed on lines of Bodoland in West Bengal for ensuring development of the three districts. Regulations on the lines also are formulated for the North Andhra Region, he said.
Extension of the proposed Petro Corridor between Kakinada and Visakhapatnam up to Ichapuram in Srikakulam district and expeditious completion project for ensuring irrigation and drinking water requirements of people in these parts were the other demands of the Vedika.