Kothagudem: The debate on re-transfering five villages in Bhadradri district that went to Andhra Pradesh as part of the AP Reorganisation Act has erupted after Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy is to be sworn in as Chief Minister there.
The friendship between AP Chief Minister designate Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy and Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao is being discussed.
The atmosphere between AP and Telangana is cordial in the present conditions and the two CMs can discuss and take decisions pertaining to pending issues between the two states.
As part of the AP Reorganisation Act, five full mandals and two partial mandals in erstwhile Khammam district were transferred to Andhra Pradesh. Bhadrachalam, the temple town, is facing trouble with its adjacent five villages gone to AP.
The lands of the temple is also gone. The government of Telangana is facing difficulty to get even an inch of land in the holy town with the transfer of the five villages of Purushothamapatnam, Kannaigudem, Pichukalapadu, Gundala and Etapaka.
Interestingly, another discussion is also taking place in the submerged mandals of the Polavaram project that Telangana may give to Bhadrachalam to AP to solve the issue forever.
K. Sridhar, a native of Bhadrachalam, said, “The two CMs can find out a solution for the holy town. The two governments have two options - first, transfer the five villages to Telangana. Secondly, give back Bhadrachalam town to Andhra Pradesh.”
