Bandh called by TRS in Telangana Region Thursday Dec 05,2013

The bandh called by TRS in Telangana region on Thursday Dec 05,2013 against a reported proposal by GoM to merge two districts of Rayalaseema in Andhra Pradesh with the proposed state has hit normal life in the region.

 

Bus services of the state-run State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) were badly affected as TRS leaders and workers held protests near bus stations at different places in Telangana since morning.

Shops and other commercial establishments did not open at various places in the region.

The bandh was called by TRS and other pro-Telangana organisations against reported proposal of a bigger Telangana which entails splitting Rayalaseema region and adding two of its four districts to the ten districts of proposed Telangana state.

TRS had appealed to people from all walks of life to voluntarily observe the shutdown.

Rayala-Telangana envisages adding Anantapur and Kurnool districts to the proposed state of Telangana.

Note
The GOM panel is understood to have recommended on Dec 04,2013 merger of the two districts of Rayalseema - Kurnool and Anantpur - with proposed Telangana