At Velagapudi village in capital region Amaravati, early on Monday the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has formally inaugurated the state's interim government complex (temporary Secretariat) as there is no other auspicious 'muhurtam' in the coming few months.
The Chief Minister has completed the formalities on Monday amid vedic chants and a Ganapati 'homam' (religious ritual) in a 2,000 sqft office space which was hurriedly readied for use by the Chief Minister and Chandrababu has occupied it to mark the inauguration.
Chandrababu Naidu has also told that the government is determined to begin operations from Amaravati region from June 15 and the Chief Minister has declared that a five-day working week would be implemented for employees who come to work at Velagapudi from Hyderabad and in addition they would be paid an additional 30 per cent as house rent allowance.
On the occasion he has also announced that an additional 50 square yards of land would be given to farmers of the region who parted with their lands under the Land Pooling Scheme for the development of the capital.
