XI LOK SABHA DEBATES,   Session III (Winter) 

Thursday, December 19, 1996  / Agrahayana 28, 1918  (Saka)


XI LOK SABHA DEBATES,   Session III (Winter) 

Type of Debate: MATTERS UNDER RULE 377

Title: Re : Need to drop proposed merger of Guntakal division with Bangalore 
as headquarters in South West Zone.

TEXT:	 
SHRI  VENKATARAMI  REDDY  ANANTHA  (ANANTAPUR): Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Guntakal
Division was in the Southern Railways till  1977.  After  1977,  the  Guntakal
Division  has  been  attached to the South Central Railways. This Division has
been greatly instrumental for the progress  of  Rayalaseema  region.  Guntakal
Division  must  be  continued  in  South  Central Railways in the interests of
linguistic advantage, administration, topography and the larger  interests  of
the  people  of  Rayalaseema. The large interests of Telugu people require the
continuance of Guntakal Division in the South Central Railways. Apart from it,
Dharmavaram-Hindupur section which is now under Bangalore Zone should be  made
part and parcel of Guntakal Division.

	I, urge upon the Government to drop the proposal of merger of Guntakal
Division  with Bangalore as Headquarters in the South West Zone to protect the
interests of the people of this region.

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