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Failed State Called Maharashtra

This title itself would make many wonder how the so called most developed state in India a failed state!! Maharastra y no means is Bihar or UP. I must be jonking Right.Well I'm not.

Consider these Facts:

Vidarbha has only 4% agricultural land under cultivation as compared to about 80% in western Maharashtra.Per capita income is 30% of that of western maharashtra.About 600 farmers have committed suicide in the region in last one year alone due to failed crops and still counting.. The region has to cope up with Naxal problem in Gadchiroli,Chandrapur and Bhandara.

Now go straight to Mumbai.

There has not been a single big Infrastructre project for Mumbai in last century! except for metro rail this year.Travel by local rain here is simply inhuman. Country's commercial capital has a marginal growth rate when country is experiencing double digit growth. 65% of city's population is living in slums .More people are shifting to slums as it becomes more and more difficult to live in a flat due to cost of living. All this because there has been no focus on Mumbai . It has been milched for money for so long and since people here are professional they are not bothered about all this.


What ails Maharatra?

Well the state is simply unmanageable if you do not have priorities.The challenges that Mumbai faces are not the same as what Western Maharastra faces, Vidarbha has very different developemental needs as compared to other parts of the state so does Marathwada.
The govt is only interested in developement of Sangli,Satara, Pune ...In fact the only region that has benefitted because of creation of Maharashtra is Western Maharastra thanks to so called 'Sugar King Politics'.

What can be done?

If I think from most efficient administration point of view :

Seperate states Vidarbha, Mumbai Metroplitan Region , Marathwada and Western Maharasthra and Konkan - based on administration challenges.