India's 29th state Telangana completes one year

The 29th Indian state of Telangana, carved out of Andhra Pradesh, completed one year of its existence on Tuesday, after nearly a five-decade struggle for a separate statehood.

The state had elected Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) president K Chandrasekhar Rao, who played a pivotal role in leading the struggle, as its Chief Minister. In a good omen for Telangana's future, the state is identified as being revenue surplus with Hyderabad going to the state in <g data-gr-id="22">bifurcation</g> of undivided Andhra Pradesh. <g data-gr-id="18">Launch</g> of a number of welfare and development programmes by the TRS government marked its one-year <g data-gr-id="21">rule,</g> though opposition parties attack the government on various counts like alleged agrarian distress and encouraging defections despite having <g data-gr-id="19">majority</g> in <g data-gr-id="20">assembly</g>. 

Rao, who vowed to work for "reconstruction" of Telangana, inaugurated a number of programmes such as providing drinking water supply, laying of roads, promoting greenery, women's safety and industrial policy.

The Telangana Drinking Water Supply Project envisages coverage of about 3 crore population in the state with an outlay of Rs 38.5 crore. The state government has taken up a scheme of restoring minor irrigation sources (a total of 46,531) under the 'Mission Kakatiya' initiative. The mission aims at restoring water bodies community participation for ensuring water security.