Telangana Bandh cost city Rs 250 crore

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The ongoing Telangana agitation, the violent protests and the two-day bandh which turned Hyderabad into a ghost town, not only disrupted peace, but also left the city poorer by Rs 250 crore! losses apart, the state also suffers a dented image as it’s no longer considered safe for tourists. And the business community in the city, which limped back to work on Tuesday, fears that the worse is yet to come.

Suraj Agarwal, member and Ex-President, Federation of AP Chamber of Commerce and Industry, says, “Construction work around the city came to a halt, production stopped in all the industries around the city, retail stores were forced to remain shut and there were no visitors at malls. The overall loss due to the bandh and violence in the last week is more than Rs 250 crore. The irony is that the government seems least bothered about taking action.”

The tourism sector which hoped to do brisk business this holiday season has also taken a beating. From private players like hotels to the tourism authorities and the RTC, everyone is equally affected. “We had a reservation of 35 rooms for three nights for guests from Pune. When they learnt of the volatile situation, they called off the trip. This single cancellation cost us Rs 5.2 lakh. The series of incidents in the city in the past one week has dented Hyderabad’s image. This is the tourist season and we had been counting on it,” says Pradeep Dutt, general manager of a hotel in Somajiguda.

Hoteliers who consider the first week of each month as the most profitable, say, they are the worst affected. “About 25 per cent of the month’s business is done in the first week of the month. The loss was huge as 90 per cent of the hotels in the city were forced to shut down,” says Jagadish Rao, secretary, AP Hotel Owner’s Association. Theatres in the region claim they’ve lost about Rs 3 crore so far. “There are 500 theatres in the Telangana region, most of which were forced to close down,” says Vijandar Reddy, President of Hyderabad Film Chamber of Commerce.  “We lost 8 lakh kms operations per day. The loss in the districts is equally bad. APSRTC suffered a total loss of Rs 20 crore,” says Narayana Swamy, executive director, APSRTC, GHMC and RR district.

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[lingam.mama]

achha!! mari pani chesinanni rojulu rojuko 250 cr ekkadiki poyyayi?

[Ace]

ee mtram bandh lu lekapothe result etla vasthundi...calm ga udhyamam chesthe evadu pattinchukodu, aaaa Rs.250 crore poor ppl ki emanna use avuthundena??? malli dabbu unnavadi daggarke kada poyedi.... #

[Adolf Hitler]

ee mtram bandh lu lekapothe result etla vasthundi...calm ga udhyamam chesthe evadu pattinchukodu, aaaa Rs.250 crore poor ppl ki emanna use avuthundena??? malli dabbu unnavadi daggarke kada poyedi.... #

ala ani inko 10 days cheyyamanu bandh...appudu ultimate ga anni prices perigi suffer ayyedi roju mukka tine Rich kaadu...kachitangaa poor ye

[bingoooo]

ninna evado raasinattu vacche sw projects anni den** potaayi appudu adi 2500 crores kuda ayiddi tondaralo.... edo TDF (telangana ded dimag galla force ani start chesaranta) calif lo nijamena???

[Ace]

ala ani inko 10 days cheyyamanu bandh...appudu ultimate ga anni prices perigi suffer ayyedi roju mukka tine Rich kaadu...kachitangaa poor ye

daani kosame prayathnam antha...i mean poor ni help cheyadaniki..

[Adolf Hitler]

daani kosame prayathnam antha...

deni kosam? poor people ni kastapettadam kosamaa?  alane alochinchandi....naashanamaipothaaru

[Ace]

deni kosam? poor people ni kastapettadam kosamaa?  alane alochinchandi....naashanamaipothaaru

nuvv atla artham cheskunava.... #

[Adolf Hitler]

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nuvvu edit cheyyakamundara yevadu chadivinaa alane artham avutundi.... # # #