Month: December 2009

Carving a new state out of an existing state, is irksome.

The states were formed according to the languages spoken in the area ,soon after independence.

Hence the composite Madras sate which comprised ofTamil nadu  whose language is Tamil, Andhra ,with Telugu domination Kerala , inhabited by Malayalees and parts of Karnataka, occupied by the Kannadigas.

The Madras state was divided into Tamilnadu, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala,and that part of Kannada was conjoined with the rest of Karnataka to form the state of Karnataka with its head quarters in Bangalore.

The Andhra Pradesh state,with the capital at Hyderabad ,had been in existence   since 1951. The state made a steady progress .But ,the division of North and South had become so dominant , that the Northern districts have an insecure feeling and a disappointment  which is not baseless. The Southern districts of Andhra had  had a vast development, leaving the Northern area under practically no progress. The Telengana  area ,as the Northern districts refer themselves, have only agricultural  growth and  nil industrial development.

The Northern parts remained backward in almost all respects, creating a discontent among the people. They felt that the south was dominating their lives and dictating terms to their improvement. Thee was a sense of displeasure and  disillusionment  ,that made the people to resort to violence. The Andhra  Pradesh government held them under its arms by resorting to police excess>The mounting anger  has at last bore fruit.

The Central government has accepted the demand of the Telengana people’s demand. But 100 legislators of the Andhra Pradesh assembly have resigned ,in protest .

The rightful demand of the people of the afflicted region has been taken into consideration. There will be trouble, and agitation. There will be unreasonable impudence and aggression. There will be mischievous  truancy and  upheaval. The central government should ignore all these catapulting .The powerful centre should do justice to the much devastated region. 

The spread of infections is rampant in my part of the land.

They are an epidemic of mosquito bites and incessant rains.

A month back , it was extremely hot , most unusual during late October and November.

During the mid-week of November there was a heavy downpour for ten days , almost nonstop.people were put to undue hardships.

They overcame this unprecedented situation, but were caught by the grip of hazardous health faction.

Every household had and still has a tale of indisposition.

If one of the household complained of high fever , with incorrigible sore throat, another made an issue of the delirium accompanied by body ache. The third made a hue about the rising body temperature with dizziness and joint pain, followed by the fourth which cried of a shooting nerve-wracking warmth with pain in the knuckles.

The hospitals got loaded with patents. The doctors pretended to treat the patient with a high antibiotic and pain killers ,as they were not aware of the disease. The symptoms were so confusing , that the physicians gave a symptomatic prescription..

Many got admitted in the hospitals. If the temperature rose above 103 degree , the doctors gave malaria drug to control the fever . Thus by giving some kind of treatment the ever was kept under control. But there was no incident of casuality. The suffering was unbearable.

The medical world could not cope up with the fast spreading infection.

The blame rests solely on the civic authorities , who show irresponsibility in keeping the environment clean. The drains and drainages are totally polluted  and are a breeding place of mosquitoes.

The Municipal Corporation is idle. It remains totally undisturbed by the havoc. The tax it collects  for the welfare of the city lies in its coffer. Does it lie safely in the Corporation treasury? or Has it been pocketed by the officials? God Only knows.

The Municipal Corporation which renders such meritorious service to its city  Madurai , is laudable and the achievement in promoting ill-health needs a generous pat