Downloaded from http://smartprep.in Downloaded from http://smartprep.in reverence on the banks *& &'"'$&(## (*#"'#)'"''#"&'6 (' *(()&"('& (!'#)'&4#)&'#&#""AB-&'4 &'"9'#"'("(2#+"$&'""#&' $#$ '9 *'(#$ "&-(!6(&$"(# -&*&4$#$ *'(((!$ '"( "'#&*&6&9' !$'#"(!$ '"3#)"-+5 4 1. 2. Ancient temple of Kanaka Durga , a top the Indrakeeladri hill. 3. Sri Panakala Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple, Mangalagiri 4. Srikakulandhra Vishnu temple, Ghantasala Mandal, Krishna 5. 2 District Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy 6. Temple in Vedadri sri durga nageswara swamy 7. temple, pedakallepalli Sri Bhavanarayana Swamy 8. temple at Bhavadevarapalli Sri durga ganapeswara swamy, Ganapeswaram 5 Lord Siva temple, 3 Sangameswaram 6 7 8 Downloaded from http://smartprep.in C O N T E N T S Stage is set for Krishna Pushkarams New Discovery in 25 )'&!''! KG Basin *"(4&+"*#)( 6 $ &!'+# * ((# -$"( &*&)&"( )'&!'$&#+ +'#/ '"'6 From Astana To Amaravati Through 20 5 A Trail of Time New Ring Road for Vijayawada Letter 30 from the Chief Minister Happening Andhra Various developments across the 32 state of Andhra Pradesh. AP’s request to Cen - tre Release pending Ethereal Kistna 21 9 central sales tax dues 26 Undo the Damage done by AP opposes fixed 12 5-year-tenure to 15 Dancing Division Governors to Tune Of Times Snapshot 34 Chief Minister’s Rainfall Status 29 Social Network 16 From Russia With Love 28 Dubbed Films Make Merry At The Box-Office Hawking brand AP 22 in China Downloaded from http://smartprep.in EDITORIAL APNubliDsheHd MRonAthly PIn REngAlishD &E TeSlugH u Volume:11 August 2016 Issue:2 Salivahana Era 1938 Commissioner #*%+" "%## *#$*) t is heartening to witness all political parties coming together SEd Viteonr kateswar IIS Iin Rajya Sabha to strongly advise the Centre to honour its com - mitment made to Andhra Pradesh during the bifurcation. RExaemceustihv eB aEbduit oKr andula While the Centre has been proactive in implementing some of the assurances in the AP Reorganisation Act, it however has failed to respond enthusiastically on more substantive promises made to Cover Page KNraisrhensha PNuushnanka aram the divided state. (Artist: Moshe Dayan) The Special Category Status as well as the revenue deficit besides Second Cover funds for Polavaram which was declared as national project are Temples on Krishna banks areas in which the state has been left high and dry. Third Cover CM in various programmes Finding the going tough with trickling support from the Centre, Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu had to seek relaxation in the Fourth Cover APIIC Advt on Sunrise State limit set by the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Act to go in for borrowings. Published by: It is not as though the Chief Minister has not tried to persuade the Centre enough to get what is due to the state. No other Chief GInofovremrnamtieonnt &of PAunbdlihcr aR ePlraatdioesnhs Minister probably made as many trips to Delhi as Chandrababu HDyedpearatmbaedn t- 500 028 Naidu to impress upon the Centre on the urgent need to come to Ph: 040-23300258 the rescue of the state. The Chief Minister made it clear a number of times that the state Views expressed by various administration is seriously burdened with several challenges, all authors in this issue reflect their of them resulting from omissions, commissions, contradictions personal opinions. and inadequacies in the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act 2014. Design The debate in Parliament once again highlighted the fact that the development of the state is dependent on the Central Govern - PKhaortthoisk: Beesu ment fulfiling the commitments made on the floor of the House. It is high time that Delhi recognised the growing disenchantment among the people of Andhra Pradesh in this regard and immedi - TPr.Sinrtiendiv ast Reddy, Vijayawada ately stepped in to make amends for the sake of AP's future Caxton Offset Pvt. Ltd. HEaycdhe rIsasbuaed : Rs 5/- Annual Subscription : Rs 50/- Ramesh Babu Kandula www.andhrapradeshmagazine.org Email: [email protected] Editor www.ipr.ap.nic.in Ramesh babu kandula M/s Caxton Offset Pvt. Ltd Printed and Published by on behalf of Director/Commissioner, Information and Public Relations Dept.; 4 Printed at ., 11.A5.4N1D6/H3R, RA ePdR HAilDls,E HSyH dMerAabGadA -Z 5I0N0E 0.O04R; GPublished at Office of Director/CommissAioUnGerU , ST 2016 I&PR Dept, Govt of Andhra Pradesh, Samachar Bhavan, AC Guards, Hyderabad - 500028. Editor: Ramesh Babu Kandula. Ph: 040-23300258. Downloaded from http://smartprep.in Letter from the chief minister ENTREPRENEURSHIP IS THE WAY FORWARD he Government of Andhra tion Society, the first of its kind in Given that entrepreneurial educa - Pradesh has always en - the country, with district chapters, tion exposes students to more couraged and promoted to develop innovative skills in stu - challenging educational activities entrepreneurs who are dents. and experiences that will enable job creators. As part of our efforts in boosting them to develop the insight I believe that wealth and a high the start-up ecosystem in the needed to discover and create en - majority of jobs are created by state, we had partnered with the trepreneurial opportunities, we small businesses started by entre - Startup Village, which is ranked as encourage our engineering stu - preneurially-minded individuals, the best incubator in India, and set dents from the state to apply for many of whom go on to create big up a physical incubation centre in India's first digital incubator and businesses. Vizag where we have seen our #StartInCollege. AUGUST 2016 In this direction, we have receAntNly DHRAhoPmRAeD-gErSoHwMn AstGudAeZnINt Est.OarRt-G ups Check this link: 5 decided to set up the AP Innova - succeed. https://sv.co/apply T Downloaded from http://smartprep.in ghats, providing drinking water facil - ity, expansion of roads in the region, beautification and other aspects. About 15 Government departments have drawn extensive plans for the works to be taken up under their purview and are executing them briskly. The Revenue department is playing a pivotal role, coordinating the programmes being implemented by the various departments. The Endowment Department is developing as many as 326 temples on the banks of river Krishna. They include the famous Sri Durga Malleswaraswami Devasthanam in Vijayawadam , Sri Amar - alingeswaraswami Devasthanam in Amaravati, Sri Bhramaramba Malleswaraswami Devasthanam in Srisailam, Sri Lakshmi - stage is set for narasimhaswami Devasthanam in Vedadri, and Sri Venugopalaswami Devasthanam in Hamsaladeevi . krishna Apart from these, the Endowment Department is setting up replicas of eight major temples on a sprawling Pushkarams 18-acre site near the Dhyana Buddha Project in the historic city of Amara - vathi, appointment of priests or purohits for performing rituals like Pindapradaanam, normally done during Pushkaram times by pilgrims, here is no life without Naidu has taken up the responsibil - providing ID cards for priests, and water and history tells us ity of making all arrangements to pil - fee structure for various rituals dur - that the greatest of civilisa - grims participating in the event. ing the event, is also taken up. Al - tions began on the bank of Efforts are on to make the Krishna ready about 2,000 purohits have rivers. Hindus worship rivers and do Pushkarams a grand success, on the enrolled themselves in the Endow - not miss the opportunity to take a same lines as the Godavari Maha - ment department for the purpose. holy dip during Kumbh Melas or pushkarams last year. The department has also focused on Pushkarams which take place once The State Government has already the requirements of pilgrims who in 12 years with respect to a dozen launched several programmes for are generally said to take up six major rivers in the country. the grand event. It is focusing on pil - types of rituals during Pushkarams Pushkarams is a mega event, draw - grims’ accommodation, security, which need about 40 varieties of ing devout pilgrims who believe that medical assistance and transporta - puja material. a holy dip in the river during the tion aspects , development of tem - The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam Pushkarams period will wash off all ples, including renovation of some (TTD) has also constructed a replica sins. shrines in the three districts of Kr - of the Sri Venkateswara temple in This year Krishna Pushkarams will ishna, Guntur and Kurnool where Vijayawada for the occasion. be conducted in Andhra Pradesh on Pushkarams are taking place as the river Krishna flows through them, The Municipal Administration has 6 a grand scale from August 12 to 23 ANDHRA PRADESH MAGAZINE.ORG AUGUST 2016 construction of bathing ghats and effected repairs to roads, expanded and the State Government, headed them and took up beautification by Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu also laying approach roads to these T Downloaded from http://smartprep.in "#+!"($&(!"(' '((")$&$ '#( !#&(!$ '#"'$&+ 7 "AH7&'("&( -")&#("( '(#&(-#!&*(4 $$#"(!"(#$&'('#& $)&#('#&$&#&!" &() ' "$&"!4 "#&! -#")&" )'&!(!'-$ &!'4 $&#*" &'#&$&'('4 "'(&)()&#&*&#)' &() ')&"(*"(4+' '#(")$6 work with enthusiasm while the operations at bathing ghats. on an average every day during the Panchayat Raj department has laid The Police department has drawn up Pushkarams. In Vijayawada alone, it roads to the bathing ghats on the special plans for deploying police has decided to operate 300 special river banks besides providing drink - personnel and officers for security city services to transport pilgrims ing water facilities. The Roads and purposes. As many as 17,000 police from one place to another. Buildings department has developed personnel from outside will be put Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu roads under its limits as well as ef - on Pushkaram duty. and Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu fect repairs, development of govern - The APSRTC will ply special buses have already reviewed the Railways’ ment hostels and beautification and open new bus stands to cater to role during the Pushkarams. The programmes. The Fisheries depart - the needs of pilgrims. It has geared Railways will run 600 special trains ment is entrusted with cleaning up up to transport three lakh pilgrims and provide all amenities at the rail - way stations.