EXCLUSIVE While sharing Hyderabad as the capital of bifurcated Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, the two states would also have a common governor who will be responsible for the matters relating to law and order in the southern city, the Group of Ministers (GoM) on the statehood issue has decided.
INN Live got exclusive details of the modalities being finalised by the GoM on Andhra Pradesh bifurcation. It suggests that Hyderabad will be the common capital of two states for 10 years as they will also share the Governor.
An expert committee will study options to set up new capital for residuary state of Andhra Pradesh, which will be facilitated by the Centre, if need be, by de-notifying degraded forest land.
Financial package will be provided to Telangana to establish its own high court, Raj Bhavan, secretariat, assembly, guest houses and staff quarters.
Centre will offer tax incentives to promote industrialisation and economic growth of both the states. New centres of higher education will be developed in successor state of Andhra Pradesh. Admission quotas will be continued in all government and non-government higher educational institutions as present.
Management boards will be set up within two months of bifurcation for Godavari and Krishna rivers for day-to-day management and operation of all irrigation projects. An apex council - comprising Union water resources minister and two chief ministers - will supervise functioning of the two river management boards.
While the existing public service commission will be for Andhra Pradesh only, Telangana will get its own after its creation.
An additional unit of Rapid Action Force (RAF) will be deployed in Hyderabad for the first five years.
The anti-Naxal commando force - Greyhounds - in Hyderabad shall function for the first three years under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). After new Andhra Pradesh sets up its own Greyhounds, the original one shall come under the control of Telangana government.
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