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Rahul is Joker: Cong. Leader

“Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi is a joker. He couldn’t lead the party to victory in the elections. He is like a joker, who mismanaged the party in the elections. His policies and ideas are very crazy and can’t implementable. Because of him and his crazy ideas party was miserably defeated in the elections. He should resign to his post immediately owing moral responsibility for the defeat, otherwise party should pull him down from his chair and handover the party reins to Priyanka Gandhi.” No one can imagine that any Congress leader dares to speak such words against Rahul Gandhi even in the dreams. People knows what happens if murmurs such words. Former Kerala minister TH Mustafa has stated this in the Kerala PCC meeting held recently after the defeat. As predicted he was immediately suspended from the party for it. Sonia and Rahul Gandhi Bhajan team managers have rushed to defend their two living gods from the evil Congress men like Mustafa and strongly condemned him in chorus.

New Telangana State Government Stamp

With only one day left for the date of the bifurcation of the State of Andhra Pradesh, preparations for the TRS President Mr. K Chandrasekhar Rao’s swearing in ceremony as Chief Minister along with his team which will be held at Raj Bhavan on June 2 at 8.15 am is happening at a brisk pace. The details of his cabinet members are yet to be known but the number is set to be around 14 members which would definitely include his nephew Mr. Harish Rao , his son Mr. K.T. Rama Rao and Telangana leader Mr. Nayani Narasimha Reddy in plum posts. Mr. Chandrasekhar Rao will assume office on the same day at the Secretariat also. As part of the Government machinery, documentation & stationary changing with the new government, take a look at a sneak peak of the Telangana State Government stamp. With Hyderabad’s Charminar and the Kakatiya Gate at Warangal as the logos representing the spirit of Telangana, the Stamp has been receiving a lot of appreciation with regards to the design aspect and reflecting the spirit of the Telangana people.

Why did KCR remain silent then? asks Venkaiah Naidu

Parliamentary Affairs Ministers M Venkaiah Naidu has announced that the first sessions of 16th Loksabha will begin from June 4th. During first two days the newly elected MPs will take oath. They will elect the Loksabha speaker on June 6th. President of India Pranab Mukharji will address both houses on June 9th. Kamalnath will continue as protem Speaker, said Mr. Naidu. Responding to the bandh call given by TRS protesting merging seven mandals of Telangana with Andhra Pradesh, he said “They have grandly celebrated when Telangana state was declared by UPA government. Then, they don’t find anything wrong with the project but now raising objections. If they have objections on the design, why didn’t they stop UPA governmentwhen they have serious objections on Polavaram design? Why didn’t they keep mum then and why are they conducting dharnas now. Our government has not brought any new ordinance, but implemented the previous government’s decision. However, our government will treat both Andhra and Telangana states equal,” said Venkaiah Naidu.

Mullaperiyar Dam will burst soon due to under-design

For assessing the safety of Mullaperiyar dam 3 goals of public safety must be satisfied as per the modern state-of-art used for design of the dams. The first goal is based on the geological foundations, seismic potential and seismicity of the area. The second goal pertains to structural safety of the dam based on maximum credible earthquake including hydrological safety and spillway design flood. The third safety goal for the dam pertains to the environmental safety that comprises on risk analysis, dam break analysis, emergency response, disaster management including emergency evacuation plans and cost benefit analysis. In the case of the 116 year old Mullaperiyar dam none of these safety criteria was considered. The controversy about the Mullaperiyar dam is based upon the contention of the Kerala state that the dam is in a deteriorating state and its imminent collapse causes avoidable killing of 35 lakhs of Keralites due to a wall of flood. In order to avert this disaster waiting in the wings Kerala insists on construction of a new dam to provide security of life for the Keralites while assuring uninterrupted irrigation water to Tamil Nadu as per the agreement between the states. But Tamil Nadu is suspecting the intentions of Kerala in planning for a new dam which may be placed under the control of Kerala that may soon curtail the existing Periyar water diversion into Tamil Nadu. Thus Tamil Nadu is rejecting the demand of Kerala for a new dam on the pretext that the aged Mullaperiyar dam is almost as strong as a new dam due to the remedial strengthening measures implemented by it. But if the existing dam were to burst for several reasons even Tamil Nadu cannot get Periyar water and consequently lakhs of Tamil Nadu agriculture fields will become barren lands that may lead to avoidable suicides of thousands of farmers and farm workers. Tamil Nadu is ignoring the fact that their costly strengthening measures produces only a composite dam and not an integrated and strong dam. The dam cannot withstand the stresses resulting from peak ground accelerations due to a 6.5 magnitude earthquake at a shallow focal depth in close proximity of the dam. Even a strong Koyna dam cracked in some parts in 1969 due to an earthquake of 6.5 magnitude and caused serious damage Moreover the dam has also been under-designed for hydrological safety because the historical maximum flood is 86 lakh cusecs and the design flood for spillway discharge is 1.22 lakh cubic ft. per second (cusecs). In United States safety of dam is reviewed every 5 years to decommission hazardous dams and to strengthen the useful one by implementing remedial measures for strengthening them. In case of Mullaperiyar dam the extreme flood magnitude in terms of safety works out to 2.44 lakh cusecs based on the mathematical formulations and the envelope curves connecting extreme floods with catchment areas published by the International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD) under the guidance of experts like Prof.L.Berga, Chairman, ICOLD and Lempererie, Chairman of French National Committee on Large Dams. Moreover the impact of climate change is causing both the intensity and duration of cyclones that magnify the floods. Particularly in thickly forested river basins. For instance the October 2009 are extreme flood of 26 lakh cusecs at Srisailam dam on Krishna river constituted 2.7 times the historical flood and twice the maximum spillway design flood. Since Mullaperiyar dam is thus under-designed both from seismological and hydrological safety aspects this dam is inevitably bound to collapse irrespective of the pronouncements of the engineering experts who could not stop the collapse of more than 40 dam bursts in India including the masonry dams of Tigra in Madhya Pradesh, Kundali in Maharashtra, Chickhole in Karnataka and Kadhakwasla in Maharashtra. According to the Environmental Protection Act the dam safety studies including disaster scenarios, emergency response systems, emergency evacuation schemes and cost-benefit analysis reports have not been prepared consequently the people and the Governmental decision making bodies have been disabled to come to a scientific decision on the safety of the Mullaperiyar dam and that it is why the Tamilnadu Government fails to read the writing on the wall and thereby indirectly promoting a man-made catastrophe like the Bhopal disaster inspite of the forewarnings by several experts. If the Mullaperiyar dam collapses sooner than later it will cause not only loss of lives of lakhs of people but also causes an economic disaster paving the way for economic bankruptcy of the states and the nation. Since Mullaperiyar dam is a prescription for disaster it must be prevented by the whole national by exerting pressure on the Prime Minister to resolve the problem by building a new dam even without dismantling the existing dam by forming a corporation on the lines of the one used for building Tehri and Sardar Sarovar Project. There is a danger to the life of people of Kerala due to an impending Dam Burst because the Supreme Court orders may or may not be implemented by the states under the guise of seeking clarifications from the Courts and in the meantime precious time will be lost and the Dams may burst and kill 35 lakhs of Keralites. So, Kerala must immediately call for an international tender to find out if foreign experts can furnish alternate small scale dams that can absorb the flash floods caused by Mullaperiyar Dam, after verifying the flood absorbing capacity of Idukki Dam. Prof.T.Shivaji Rao Director, Center for Environmental Studies, GITAM University, Visakhapatnam.

Chennai Express Train Robbery in Guntur

Robbers attacked and robbed passengers of the Hyderabad bound Chennai Express at Nadikudi railway station near Guntur on Thursday morning early hours. As per the railway police officials they pulled the chain of the train between Nadukudi and Damcherla stations at around 1:30 in the morning and stopped the train. They targeted women passengers sitting near the windows an snatched their chains and once the other passengers heard their hue and cries they fled in to the bushes under the cover of darkness. The police are suspecting the role of Stewartpuram dacoits who had robbed the same train in April 2014 where the same modus operandi was used to rob the passengers near Piduguralla station near Guntur.The police are said to be investigating the same.

Normal life affected by T Bandh

With the TRS President calling for a Bandh today in protest of the Polavaram ordinance , normal life has been affected in the Twin cities and other Telangana areas. RTC buses went off the roads in all 10 districts including Hyderabad. Shops, hotels and business establishments were also shutdown in many parts of Telangana causing great inconvenience to the public. Many people were left stranded in all major bus stations unaware that the Bandh was called for. With the TRS leaders standing outside the depots and preventing the buses from moving added to their misery. The local city buses in the Twin cities were hit and many employees were forced to use the services of autos who were fleecing them by charging exorbitant rates as the helpless passengers were left with no choice. The Supplementary Intermediate exams have been postpones and schools which were set to reopen after the summer did not reopen in lieu of the band. With the TRS Chief K Chandra Sekhar Rao set to take charge as the CM of Telangana on June 2nd this government supported bandh has led to widespread criticism among the public that even before the ascent as CM if he calls for a bandh how would the future of Telangana be. The villages which are going to be submerged because of the dam come in the Khammam are and as per the Polavaram ordinance they will be merged with rest of Andhra state and KCR wants these areas to stay with Telangana hence the protest.

Modi quits Vadodara MP Seat

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who won elections from both Varanasi and Vadodara with huge majority, has resigned to his Vadodara seat today. He intimated his party state leaders about his decision. Modi’s decision to represent Varanasi, obviously may make the people there very happy, because he may concentrate on the development of the holy city.

Narasimhan appointed as Governor for Telangana

Narasimhan, who is currently serving as Governor of undivided Andhra Pradesh state, has been appointed as Governor of Telangana state. President Pranab Mukharji has issued orders confirming his appointment today evening. From June 2nd onwards, he will act as governor of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states. Earlier there were some speculations in the media that he will be replaced by a new person after Modi government takes charge. However, Modi government also prefers to continue his as Governor for both states as he is very familiar with several issues related to both states.

Mukul Rohtagi is appointed as AG

NDA government has appointed Mukul Rohtagi, the senior advocate in Supreme Court as the new Attorney General of India. Earlier, he has served as Additional Solicitor General during previous NDA regime. Ever since, his association with BJP is continuing till now. He is representing BJP in the courts over several cases including Babri Masjid case. He has good relations with all top brass of BJP, especially with finance minister Arun Jaitli and law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. A day before his appointment, Attorney General GE Vahanavathi and Solicitor General Mohan Parasaran quits their posts as their term will come to an end with the UPA government. According to available information, Modi government is planning to appoint Ranjit Kumar, a senior advocate in Supreme Court as Solicitor General of India.

Cabinet passes ordinance on Polavaram

Even while TRS is strongly opposing merger of seven mandals of Kammam district with residuary Andhra Pradesh state, which submerges under Polavaram project, Modi cabinet has passed the ordinance for the same in yesterday’s meeting. However, BJP has not disclosed this in its press meet held yesterday. Hence, TRS president KCR has appealed President Pranab Mukharji not to approve the ordinance. However, there were reports that he has already signed the ordinance. Therefore, KCR has given Telangana bandh call for tomorrow. He appealed all the comme1rcial organizations to observe bandh in protest against the ordinance. Harish rao has already warned that TRS will knock Supreme Court doors challenging the ordinance.

Telangana Bandh against Polavaram likely tomorrow

TRS Chief and CM designate of soon to be Telangana state , K Chandra Sekhar is likely to declare a bandh tomorrow in protest against the Polovaram ordinance which the Center plans to promulgate. Mr. Rao, who had earlier had discussions in Delhi said that he had information about such an ordinance being cleared in the first meeting of the Union Cabinet. As per the ordinance it would mean the transfer of 136 villages, 211 hamlets and seven mandals of Khammam district to the successor state of Andhra Pradesh. The Telangana CM-designate said that the boundaries could not be altered through ordinances, both the elected governments should have discussions and it should be altered only after that. His repeated stance is that he is opposing the design of the dam and not the construction of the dam itself. The question now is that even before assuming office the TRS party cannot start their administration on this note which could end up damaging their credibility at the start itself.

TRS ready for legal battle on Polavaram

TRS is gearing for yet another big fight with Narendra Modi government on Polavaram project. TRS leader Harish rao has warned the Centre not to merge the 200 villages of Kammam district, with Andhra Pradesh that will submerge under Polavaram Project by passing an ordinance in the union cabinet meeting to be held today. He demands the union government change the project design to save the 200 tribal villages in the district. He said TRS is not averse for Polavaram but strong opposes merging Telangana villages with Andhra Pradesh for the sake of project. He warned that if Modi government goes ahead ignoring their pleas, TRS will start agitations afresh and even ready for a legal battle in the Supreme Court. He alleges that both Naidus- Chandrababu and Venkaiah are trying to push the ordinance through the cabinet meeting, thus conspiring against Telangana. He flayed Chandrababu playing double games with Telangana people, by assuring them to safeguard their interests and at the same time trying to grab their villages. However, union minister Prakash Jawadekar responding to TRS arguments said that there will not be any problems for the project. He said, Polavaram project will be very helpful both Andhra and Telangana states.

Revanth Reddy declares Rs.2 lakhs for AP Capital

Revanth Reddy, a TDP MLA from Kodangal, Mehboob Nagar speaking in Mahanadu meeting said, “The state might be dividing into two as Andhra and Telangana, but Telugu people will always remain as brothers. All the TDP followers, whether they lives in Andhra or in Telangana or in London or in USA, irrespective of their places will remain one as TDP loyal solders. So, I am donating Rs.2 lakhs to ABN Andhra Jyothi, which is collecting funds from public for building new capital to residuary Andhra Pradesh state.” Responding to Nara Lokesh call for creating a welfare fund to help the party workers, Revanth Reddy has declared that he is donating Rs.5 lakhs to it.

Bharat Ratna for NTR says Naidu

The TDP leaders and activists of Telugu Desam Party who had gathered at Gandipeta , Hyderabad for the second day of the Mahanadu celebrations which coincidently also happens to be the 91st birth anniversary of the late Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and the founder president of TDP Nanadamuri Taraka Rama Rao (NTR). Speaking at the event the TDP party head and CM designate for Rest of Andhra Pradesh region, paid homage to the departed leader as the founding father of the party .He acknowledged the party cadre support for the resounding success in the elections and went on to exalt the services rendered by NT Rama Rao to the state of Andhra Pradesh and his role in National Politics .Mr Naidu pledged that he would speak to the Central Government and ensure that N T Rama Rao gets the Bharat Ratna as it was long due which was fitting tribute to the departed leader.

Teething problems begins for Modi Government

It seems teething problems for Narendra Modi government begins from day one. Modi has given key portfolio of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise to NDA Shiva Sena MP Anant Geete. However, he did not take charge as Minister until now, because his MNS party is not happy with the portfolio and also for allotting only one minister post instead of three posts. MNS is arguing that BJP has promised to allot at least three minister posts and one key portfolio like Power or Railways. So, Ananth Geethe is awaiting his party permission to take charge as cabinet minister. However, BJP argues that it has given very important portfolio to Shivasena, which actually BJP wants to retain for itself. So, the stalemate continues between BJP and Shivasena over allocation of union minister posts.

Modi’s Cabinet constitues SIT in first meeting

Narendra Modi’s cabinet has met for the first time today evening. The cabinet comes-up with a concrete decision for unearthing the black money dumped in the foreign banks. The cabinet has approved SIT (special investigating team) to be led by retired justice of Supreme Court MB Shah. The SIT will have deputy governor of RBI (Reserve Bank of India), directors of ED (Enforcement Directorate), RAW (Research and Analysis Wing), IB (Intelligence Bureau), RI (Revenue Intelligence), CBI (Crime Branch of India) as members. SIT will study and recommend the union government on how to deal with this serious issue of black money that remains unsolved for decades. Narendra Modi government has taken a very bold decision in its first meeting, but whether it can complete the task that it begins today or not to be seen in the days to come. Modi cabinet will meet again tomorrow also.

Modi’s first Cabinet Meeting at 5 PM today

As the Prime Minister of the nation Mr Narendra Modi will hold the rights to Finance, Defense and Corporate affairs, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy Department of Space and all important policy issues and all other portfolios not allocated to any other minister.The newly elected Ministers have already started assuming office and are occupying their respective chambers. They are scheduled to meet Mr Modi at 5:00 PM, today in their first Cabinet meeting after the swearing in ceremony yesterday. As per the Rashtrapati Bhavan communiqué ,the portfolio allocation of 46 ministers, including 24 cabinet ministers is given as follows. Cabinet Ministers include: Rajnath Singh: Home Affairs Sushma Swaraj: External Affairs, Overseas Indian Affairs Arun Jaitley: Finance, Corporate Affairs, Defence M. Venkaiah Naidu: Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Parliamentary Affairs Nitin Gadkari: Road Transport and Highways, Shipping D.V. Sadananda Gowda: Railways Uma Bharati: Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Najma A. Heptulla: Minority Affairs Gopinathrao Munde: Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation Ramvilas Paswan: Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Kalraj Mishra: Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Maneka Gandhi: Women and Child Development Ananth Kumar: Chemicals and Fertilizers Ravi Shankar Prasad: Communications and Information Technology, Law and Justice Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati: Civil Aviation Anant Geete: Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Harsimrat Kaur Badal: Food Processing Industries Narendra Singh Tomar: Mines, Steel, Labour and Employment Jual Oram: Tribal Affairs Radha Mohan Singh: Agriculture Thaawar Chand Gehlot: Social Justice and Empowerment Smriti Irani: Human Resource Development Harsh Vardhan: Health and Family Welfare The Ministers of State include: V.K. Singh: Development of North Eastern Region (Independent Charge), External Affairs, Overseas Indian Affairs Inderjit Singh Rao: Planning (Independent Charge), Statistics and Programme Implementation (Independent Charge), Defence Santosh Kumar Gangwar: Textiles (Independent Charge), Parliamentary Affairs, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Shripad Yesso Naik: Culture (Independent Charge), Tourism (Independent Charge) Dharmendra Pradhan: Petroleum and Natural Gas (Independent Charge) Sarbananda Sonowal: Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, Youth Affairs and Sports (Independent Charge) Prakash Javadekar: Information and Broadcasting (Independent Charge), Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge), Parliamentary Affairs Piyush Goyal: Power (Independent Charge), Coal (Independent Charge), New and Renewable Energy (Independent Charge) Jitendra Singh: Science and Technology (Independent Charge), Earth Sciences (Independent Charge), Prime Minister Office, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space Nirmala Sitharaman: Commerce and Industry (Independent Charge), Finance, Corporate Affairs G.M. Siddeshwara: Civil Aviation Manoj Sinha: Railways Nihalchand: Chemicals and Fertilizers Upendra Kushwaha: Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation P. Radhakrishnan: Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Kiren Rijiju, Home Affairs Krishan Pal: Road Transport and Highways, Shipping Sanjeev Kumar Balyan: Agriculture, Food Processing Industries Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava: Tribal Affairs Raosaheb Dadarao Danve: Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Vishnu Deo Sai: Mines, Steel, Labour and Employment Sudarshan Bhagat: Social Justice and Empowerment

Committed to implement all my promises: Chandrababu

The 33rd Mahanadu meetings of Telugu Desham party has begun at Gandipeta today morning in a quite celebrative atmosphere because of TDP is returning to power in Andhra Pradesh state after a long interval of ten years. Senior and junior leaders from both Andhra and Telangana regions have come in large numbers to meeting today. All the MPs and MLAs, who won in the recent elections, have become special attraction in the meeting. Especially Balakrishna, who won from Hindupur, has become real star in the meeting. His brother Harikrishna also arrived for the meeting, but he couldn’t draw anyone’s attention because of his strained relations with party and its chief Chandrababu Naidu. Chandrababu in his address to party leaders and workers has explained about how he has strived hard all these years to strengthen the party by conducting Vasthunna Mee Kosam Padayatra and various programs similar to that. He attributed the victory to party leaders and workers. He reiterated that he is committed to implement all the elections promises made to people, including loan waiving etc. He expressed full confidence that his government can overcome all the problems with its honest efforts. He said that he will effort to put the state back onto its track. He also reiterated that his government will build a new capital for AP that is on par with Singapore. He said there is a friendly government at Centre to back him in all his efforts.

Electrical Employees call off strike

Finally, electrical employees have called off their flash strike that virtually brought the state to a standstill position. Transco MD Suresh Chanda, Transco JMD Ramesh, Genco MD Vijayanand and CMDs of EPDL, CPDCL, NPDCL, SPDCL participated in the negotiations with electrical employees, JAC representatives Sudhakar Rao, Sitaram Reddy, Gopal and few others. Finally, they struck a deal on Monday night after the management agreed to pay 27.5 percent interim increment including Fitment benefit and increment points. They also agreed for 10 percent interim increment to contract employees. Management has convinced the employees to negotiate with the new governments about their other demands and further hike in wages. Employees JACs have called off their strike after the management had given them assurance in written form implementing the agreement that takes between them. So, Chandrababu and KCR, who are going to take charge as Chief Ministers of Andhra and Telangana, should be prepared to meet their further demands.

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