Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Thursday sanctioned Rs 400 crore for the construction of a new secretariat. The R&B department will issue administrative clearances and authorities will issue a notification for tenders in one or two days
The higher officials called on Chennai Architects Oscar and Ponni. The state cabinet on Wednesday gave the green signal for the construction of a new building complex of the secretariat.
The CM directed KCR to ensure that all facilities are available in the new Secretariat building for all to work. He ordered that the Chambers of Ministers, Chief Secretary to Government, Secretaries, and Advisers should be equipped with all facilities and suggested that there should be a dining hall for meals, a meeting hall for meetings, a waiting hall for visitors and parking for all vehicles on each floor.
It may be recalled that the state Govt has completed the razing of the old buildings of the Secretariat to build the new state of art buildings in their place which were the center of the administration in the Nizam era. several Chief Ministers of the earlier United Andhra Pradesh and the Hyderabad State-run their administration from the old buildings of the Secretariat. The TRS government headed by the KCR wants the new buildings in the place of old buildings. For this purpose after the green signal from the HC, the govt has completed the demolition process.
The incumbent Telangana Government claims that these old buildings which have constructed in the Nizam of Hyderabad era have a lack of facilities and in dilapidated condition. Chief Minister Chander Shekhar Rao has laid the foundation for this purpose neglecting the agitation of the Opposition parties who have alleged that the state government has neglected the heritage status of these buildings. The new secretariat complex will cost 400 crore rupees and it is likely to be completed in one year.
