The Andhra Pradesh government is having second thoughts about constructing a temporary capital for shifting some of the offices of head of departments (HoDs) by June or July.
In view of different places being suggested for locating the temporary capital at Amaravathi, Mangalagiri or even Thullur and confusing signals about the possibility of shifting the HoDs by the next academic year, a high-level meeting was held to review the proposal.
With the land pooling for the first phase having been completed, the government will be required to start annuity payments to farmers who parted with their land. The government is expected to pay anywhere between Rs.150 crore to Rs.180 crore towards annuity payments.
Given the financial crunch and the gaping revenue deficit, the government, according to sources, is doubly careful about spending limited resources on the temporary capital and utilise them for other judicious needs of the State.
Municipal Minister P. Narayana, Chief Secretary I. Y. R. Krishna Rao and other senior officials discussed the issue and decided to hold a meeting with the employees associations around March 10 to elicit their views and then go to the CM with a final proposal. Sources said though some ground work had been done for the temporary capital to be erected with fabricated structures, many were veering around the view to drop the proposal and instead identify available buildings, including Nagarjuna University campus, private engineering college buildings that could be taken on hire for locating the offices of HoDs.
Meeting likely with employees association on shifting of HoDs