Shifting of offices from Telangana secretariat begins

Shifting of offices from the Telangana secretariat to designated locations began on Wednesday with the roads and buildings department being moved to its Engineer-in-Chiefs office at Errum Manzil here, a senior official said here.

The Telangana government has already identified office space to accommodate staff during the construction of a new secretariat complex here as the existing one will be demolished.

Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao had laid the foundation for the apex administrative set up and the new integrated Assembly complex in June.

"R&B Department started moving out to the Engineer-in-Chiefs office. Rest of the departments are also expected to move to their respective locations, the official told PTI.

As the Telangana Government wants to build a new secretariat in the existing location, all heads of departments were earlier asked to identify locations to shift the offices until the new complex comes up.

Burgula Ramakrishna Rao Bhavan will accommodate some of the key departments, the official added.

The Telangana cabinet has appointed a Group of Ministers, headed by Road and Buildings Minister V Prashanth Reddy on the construction of new secretariatand Assembly complex.

The Sate Roads and Building department has been tasked with executing the constructions of the new secretariat, as well as the Assembly buildings.

The Cabinet had entrusted the final decision-making choice on the building designs to the Chief Minister.