Proposal to construct new Secretariat wastage of money: Cong

The TRS government's proposal to build a new Secretariat building complex here would only lead to wasting public money, the main opposition Congress alleged heretoday.
"The existing Secretariat was built just five-10 years ago. It has a life of 100 years. As per my information, new Secretariat and Legislative Assembly building would be built at an estimated cost of Rs 1,600 crore. Secretariat, assembly and council (buildings) are fine. There is no public interest in this," said Telangana Congress president N Uttam Kumar Reddy.
He was speaking at an event when the counting of a 'people's ballot' conducted by former Congress MP V Hanumantha Rao on the proposal was taken up today.

As per the 'people's ballot', common people were encouraged to vote on the proposal to build the new Secretariat at the Bison Polo ground at Secunderabad here.
The public mood was against building a new Secretariat complex, claimed Rao.
The Telangana government had requested the Centre to transfer the Bison Polo ground to it as the ground is under the possession of defence authorities.