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Sir · Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 12:03 am Post subject: Vizag ahead!

Decision to shift varsity flayed

All participants at round table want sustained agitation

Visakhapatnam qualified in all respects for establishing the university: PFI

Plenty of land was available with the Wakf board, they say

VISAKHAPATNAM: A round table conference (RTC) organised by the Visakhapatnam forum of People for India (PFI) here on Friday slammed the State Government for deciding to shift the Central University proposed here to Kadapa and termed as a lame excuse the non-availability of 700 acres of land here for diverting the university from here.

All participants wanted a sustained agitation to be conducted to get the Central University back to the city as it was gradually losing facilities to other places.

Chairperson of PFI and former Vice-Chancellor of Andhra University K.V. Ramana who conducted the RTC, pointed out that Visakhapatnam qualified in all respects for establishing the university. The decision to shift Central University only reflected the selfish political ends, he said.

MLC M.V.S. Sarma felt the shifting of Central University was an insult to the people of this region. The State Government claimed there was no land for this university but was willing to get more land to the Hindujas, though it did not utilise the large area of land allotted to it many years ago. All political parties and organisations must be involved and an agitation with a single point agenda of “Central University at Vizag” must be launched. Meetings like this must be held in all districts and also in border areas of other States to mobilise people’s support, Mr. Sarma said.

Plenty of land was available with the Wakf board and the land required for Central University could be taken on lease for this noble cause, vice-chairperson of PFI and retired Additional S.P. F.R. Khan suggested.

President of urban unit of BJP P.V. Narayana Rao criticised the people’s representatives of the region for not fighting for the cause of people. Secretary of CPI rural unit J.V. Satyanarayana Murthy wanted an agitation on the lines of the one held for steel plant in the past to be taken up.

A senior professor of Andhra University K. Sreerama Murthy said the city was suitable for the university as the Prime Minister himself said here in the past that it should get one of the world class universities the Centre was proposing. Secretary of AU Teachers Association M. Prasada Rao, Secretary of DYFI Srinivas, SFI secretary Jagan spoke.

Convener of PFI B.B. Ganesh welcomed. Prof. B.R.K. Raju said a Chief Minister must look after the interest of entire State and not just his district. Mr. Varahalu Chetty, Prof. P. Krishna Prasad, convener of Uttarandhra Abhivruddhi Vedika Rama Rao, Vice-chairperson of PFI B.L. Narayana and others spoke. Mr. Narayana proposed that memoranda be submitted to the Prime Minister, Union HRD Minister and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi asking them not to shift Central University to Kadapa.
“No proposal received ”

Meanwhile, even as the State Cabinet decided to shift the Central University proposed by the Central Government at Visakhapatnam to Kadapa citing the reason of non-availability of land here, district officials say no proposal has been received from any quarters to look for land for the university.

“As far as I am concerned, no proposal has been made by any one to the District Administration to allot land (700 acres) for Central University here since I took charge”, Joint Collector M. Veerabrahmaiah told reporters here on Friday.
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ZP urges State not to shift Central University

Special Correspondent

Ayyanna Patrudu objects to Collector not being present at the meeting

VISAKHAPATNAM: The general body meeting of the Visakhapatnam Zilla Praja Parishad on Saturday unanimously passed a resolution requesting the State Government not to shift to Kadapa the Central University proposed by the Central Government here.

Narsipatnam MLA and former Minister Ch. Ayyanna Patrudu of Telugu Desam raised the issue as soon as the meeting commenced and demanded that the State Government withdraw its decision to shift the university. When he wanted the GBM to pass a resolution to this effect all accepted.

The meeting, presided over by Chairperson Gorle Ramamurthy Naidu, proceeded smoothly as the officials from different departments answered several questions raised by the MLAs, ZPTCs and MPPs for about two hours till Mr. Patrudu walked out expressing disgust over the Narsipatnam Revenue Divisional Officer not accepting that the MLA had earlier complained to him that staff at the MRO office demanded Rs.1 lakh from an Ex-Serviceman to issue patta to the land allotted to him by the Government.

Earlier, Mr. Patrudu and his party MLA Chengala Venkata Rao objected to the Collector not being present at the meeting and Joint Collector M. Veerabrahmaiah leaving the meeting midway to conduct court at his office. Both MLAs said the Collector or the Joint Collector, if present, would have given instructions or found solutions to the issues.

source : http://www.hindu.com/2008/05/18/stories/2008051859590500.htm

The hindu - 18/05/2008 - vizag news

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Stir threat over shifting of varsity

Staff Reporter

VISAKHAPATNAM: Students Federation of India, in association with other unions, is gearing up to launch an agitation in North Andhra and Godavari districts in protest against the decision to set up Central University at Kadapa instead of Visakhapatnam.

Though the Union HRD Ministry had initially favoured the location of the Central University in and around the city, the State Cabinet sprang a surprise recently to establish it at Kadapa, home district of the Chief Minister.

SFI will be holding a student leaders’ meeting in the city shortly to finalise action plan to spearhead an agitation. “It will be done in a peaceful manner,” SFI district president B. Jagan told reporters on Sunday.

He regretted that even Ministers and MLAs belonging to Andhra region had not criticized the move.

He said there was no Central University in the entire North Andhra stretch, Orissa and Chhattisgarh.

source : http://www.hindu.com/2008/05/19/stories/2008051953140500.htm

The hindu - 19/05/2008 - vizag news