Hyderabad: 

Guntur and Vijayawada lost their diamond hub status due to the rise of Golconda under Qutub Shahi rule, says Prof. Madhavan. Emphasising that the 350-km NH 9 connecting Hyderabad and Bandar via Vijayawada as the ideal model of a corridor, Prof. Madhavan, a renowned geologist and academic, said that it qualifies to be called the diamond corridor.

Guntur and Vijayawada occupy a unique position in the world of diamonds. The geologist said that branding the Krishna valley diamonds as Golconda diamonds resulted in depriving the Guntur-Vijayawada area the credit of being the land of the legendary diamonds, and in glorifying Golconda which was about 300 km away from the mining scene. The world now has a wrong impression that diamonds were found near Golconda which is far from the truth.

He said that Guntur-Vijayawada and the corridor connecting Bandar and Hyderabad should be given heritage status.

source: http://www.deccanchronicle.com / Deccan Chronicle / Home> Nation> Current Affairs / by DC Correspondent / September 07th, 2014