Amaravathi: In a positive development, the chief secretaries of both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh held a meeting at the office of Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) in Mangalagiri on Monday, December 2, to discuss the pending bifurcation issues which have remained unresolved between the two Telugu-speaking states.
The dialogue between Telangana chief secretary Santhi Kumari and AP chief secretary Neerabh Kumar Prasad is conceived as a continuation of the meeting between the chief ministers of the two states that took place in Hyderabad on July 5.
The committee of officials discussed various issues that were discussed during the preliminary meeting of the chief ministers.
The two states have reached an agreement on sharing Rs 861 crore labour cess, for the allocation of which another meeting will be held between the officials.
The issue of Telangana paying an excess of Rs 81 crore concerning the excise department was resolved, with AP agreeing to return that amount .
The chief secretaries discussed the sharing of assets and liabilities between the two states under the Schedule 9 and 10 of AP Reorganisation Act, which required further deliberations between the two sides.
Allocation of employees and their transfers were also discussed during the meeting which went on for a couple of hours.
Both the states have decided to establish joint committees comprising police and excise officials of both the states, to effectively combat the transportation and sale of drugs.
The officials on both sides decided to hold another meeting to discuss issues like sharing the electricity dues emerging out of the bifurcation of AP in 2014 among others.
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