CHITTOOR TRAFFIC PROBLEM SOLVED???

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Courtesy: Hans India

Chittoor: At last the traffic menace in Chittoor city was solved with the municipal authorities and police forcibly removing the encroachments in many places. Chittoor Municipal Commissioner Sachidananda Varma said that encroachments were removed in Ponniamman Koil Street, Church Street and Hospital Road, paving the way for free passage of the public as well as vehicles.

Speaking to The Hans India at Chittoor on Saturday, Sugalies (Banjarans) have occupied two thirds of the bus station against the instructions of higher authorities and hawkers and fruit vendors occupied Ponniamman Koil Street creating heavy traffic jam, he said. "Chittoor DSP Rajeswara Reddy, Urban CI Sudhakar Reddy along with Chittoor MLA CK Babu finalized an action plan to clear the traffic hindrances in the city despite pressures. The encroachments by Sugalis and shops of petty vendors are forcibly evicted," he added.

In a move to beautify the city, water fountains were constructed at the Municipal Office, Gandhi Circle, MSR Cross Roads and other key points. Sale of plastic is strictly banned in the city, the Commissioner added.

He further said modern street lights were installed in the entire city, night sweeping has been undertaken in a big way, big drainages were constructed, digital banners were removed and movement of autorikshaws on the main streets has been restricted.

He felt an absolute need to develop Chittoor Corporation with parks, tourist spots, underground drainages and others. He said, "Chittoor City Beautification Committee has been constituted and the District Collector declared Rs 2 crores for beautifying the city. There are proposals to establish boat club also."

The well decorated Municipal Auditoriums is kept ready for inauguration by the Chief Minister.

Now how many of these things are really worked out. Share your opinions and thoughts and what needs to be done for our Chittoor.

Separate Rayalaseema Yatra - A CHITTOOR Perspective

Today Byreddy Rajasekhar reddy is starting his padayatra demanding separate Rayalaseema state if state division is inevitable.
If seemandhra is created it is for sure that Rayalseema will be most effected in issues of power, representation and irrigation. Moreover new capital city will be definitely created in Andhra region only.
But is separate Rayalaseema a solution??? . Though it looks good and promising on paper, the very idea has lot many hiccups.
Can a state with 4 districts survive( even if divided into 8 districts). Even minor irrigation projects cannot get funding. Major water resources will be under control of either Telangana or Andhra regions. Already seema is turning into desert and farmers will completely abandon agriculture as a whole.
Separate rayalseema will be the weakest of three new states in all the matters and will be lagging in development by decades.
So what are the options at hand. First option will be Keeping the state in present form seems better but present Telangana situation doesnt allow for this option.
Secondly if seemandhra is carved out, then a second capital needs to be created in seema region. Tirupati will be a best option for this. An autonomous governing council for seema region should be considered with major say in the matters of the governance of the region. But power hungry politicians strongly oppose this proposal and this option will have to face lot many ground issues for implementation.
Thirdly carving out of separate seema state is proposed. No doubt seema is the least developed of three regions as stated by Sri Krishna committee itself. But will separate seema state an answer for this?????
Byreddy hails from kurnool which had been the first capital for Andhra state. But situation in kurnool has never been as grim as in other seema districts. Moreover byreddy ia mostly unknown in major parts of chittoor district. It has to be noted that so far no major political party or leader has endorsed byreddy and his demand.
Though his idea of bringing the core issue of underdeveloped seema to attention is good, byreddy should first understand the ground realities in seema first. His demands should be justified by aspirations of peoples aspirations.
Now coming to the Chittoor perspective, he is almost in dark about the reality here. Does he know that
Chittoor is the only district head quarter in entire seema where a single govt educational institute even a polytechnic doesnt exist. Other 3 headquarters have govt medical college each.
In every aspect, ctr remained being neglected, being the distant most part of the state. Now if kurnool or anantapur is made capital, its not going to change anything. Already3 small and medium software companies are functioning in Ctr. Why is Software park for Chittoor is not being spoken about as it has high potential.
In the entire length of NH4 from Pune to Chennai only the part that passes through chittoor district is unwidened. It is disheartening to note that this stretch till Karnataka border and that from tamilnadu border is already widened leaving this 84 km stretch untouched. NHAI has left just this 84 km stretch from its jurisdiction. All other contemporary roads were 4 laned years back. But not a single sane voice was raised against this part of NH4 left out. Now byreddy doesnt even know this ground reality and has never raised this in his press events.
Chittoor being at the centre of two major metros, has the highest potential for industrial development among all other places in seema. But basic infrastructure creation for attracting investment was never even given a thought. As Bangalore- Nangili railway line is under plans, Chittoor Nangili railway line for which survey has already completed by SWR, will create a shortest route to Bangalore. But no MP or MLA is openly demading this implementation. Why doesn't Byreddy talk about this.

These are only few aspects of injustice in Chittoor. Unless byreddy speaks about these matters and brings them to light, he cannot expect even little support from people of Chittoor.
Hope Byreddys padayatra in Chittoor will help him understand these.