After dilly-dallying for many months, Andhra Pradesh’s secretariat
employees have finally expressed their willingness for shifting to the
temporary capital located in Amaravati by June 15th, according to the top AP officials and employee unions.
In
total, about 54,000 employees working for various directorates and
commissionerates will be moving to the Amaravati complex by the end of
this August. This was reportedly decided at a meeting which was convened
by chief secretary of AP, SP Tucker and municipal administration
minister P Narayana along with the representatives of employee unions.
It
was also decided the entire secretariat would be located in blocks 1, 2
and 3 at the temporary capital which is currently under construction,
while the directorate staff would be then housed in block 4 and 5. In
the sixth block, there will be a assembly hall will be set up.
The
officials of construction majors Larsen & Toubro and Shaporji and
Pallonji, reportedly gave a detailed presentation regarding the building
plan for the temporary secretariat complex. Meanwhile 20 percent of the
staff will be continuing to work out of Hyderabad city till high court
as well as administrative tribunal and legal offices are finally
bifurcated.
