The much touted Singapore model has apparently cast its spell on AP Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA). The State government ambitious plans to replicate Singapore type of functioning/administration has not gone down well with the officials, who were posted here.
The officials, including top honchos, are visibly peeved with the proposed new set up. Many issues like lack of working space, chambers, and transportation, are pulling back the officials to join the CRDA. While the existing officials are showing disinterest, the early birds are finding it difficult to cope up with hard reality -- staff crunch and lack of paraphernalia, sources say.
Two to three senior officials share a single room. There are no stenographers, computer operators, and clerks to maintain inward and outward registers and keep track of files. In some sections, the officials have become mere in-charges discouraging their peers and officials who were posted here to join the duties. Recently, an SE was posted for Housing wing. But, he did not report to duties after taking stock of the situation in the CRDA, sources say.
Even the top officials were asked to rely on public transportation, going by Singapore experience according to an official. “The public transportation in Singapore is far better compared to Vijayawada. In fact, it is like comparing apples with oranges to ask the officials to use public transportation,” commented the senior official who did not want to be quoted.
The senior most officials, in days to come, find it next to impossible to work in the CRDA if it goes ahead with its plan to do away with the chambers/individual rooms to them. “This system is followed in Singapore. The government is keen on replicating it here,” the CRDA higher up reportedly told their officials.
