Industries

      No major industry worth its name has been setup in any of the districts of Telangana region as compared to the establishment of several industries in Visakapatnam, Vijayawada, Kakinada, Nellore, Tirupati, and Cuddapah.

-    Quite a few major industries established in the Telangana region during the period of much maligned Nizam are being closed one after the other by the successive governments. Important among the closed industries are: Azamjahi  Mills(Warangal), Sir Silk Factory (Sirpur), Antargaon Spinning Mills (Adilabad), DBR Mills (Hyderabad), Allwyn Factory (Hyderabad), Republic Forge(Hyderabad).  Further, the famous Nizam’s Sugar Factory(Nizamabad) is put on sale.

-   Twelve milk chilling plants established by the erstwhile Telangana Regional Committee in different parts of Telangana have been abruptly closed down.

-    The fertilizer factory at Ramagundam is closed because of, among other factors, inadequacy of power supply and poor quality of coal made available. This fertilizer plant is in the coal belt of the region and large quantities of good quality coal available here are diverted to other regions for feeding thermal plant there. A national super thermal power plant is situated in Ramagundam itself and its operation is solely dependent on coal and water supplied by the Telangana regions, ignoring other pressing requirements of the people of the region. These major inputs available locally are, ironically, not accessible to a locally situated fertilizer plant. Coinciding with the decision to close down the plant, a decision is taken to set up a new fertilizer plant at Nellore in Coastal Andhra. 

-    The industrial development that has taken place in and around the capital city has not benefited the people of Telangana in any way. The land, water, power and other infrastructure facilities made available to these industries belong entirely to Telangana; yet the migrants from other regions grab more than 95% of the jobs offered by these industries. 

-    The environmental pollution caused by the industries in and around Hyderabad is going unchecked because the sufferers are mostly Telanganites.

 Courtesy:

Telangana Movement

The Demand for a Separate State

- By Prof. K. Jayashankar