Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has justified his government’s decision to shift the Secretariat to TB Hospital land at Erragadda saying that the present premises has serious ‘vaastu dosham’.
“That’s the reason why no government has functioned smoothly from the existing premises and history is there for all to see,” Mr. Rao said after the Cabinet meeting held here on Friday. Besides, it was being planned to be shifted for administrative ease by having the Secretariat and all offices of HoDs at one place.
It was highly inconvenient to people to go on searching for various HoDs’ offices strewn across the city and the new complex would enable governance from one place. All the reasons put together, the decision to shift the Secretariat was taken, he explained.
The new buildings on the TB Hospital land would be constructed with Rs. 150 crore within a year and the hospital would be shifted to TB Sanatorium at Vikarabad in about 20 days.
Irrespective of shifting the Secretariat to TB Hospital land, the hospital would have been shifted out of the city anyway keeping in mind providing TB patients proper healing environment, the Chief Minister said.
When asked about the fate of existing Secretariat buildings and the land, Mr. Rao said the Cabinet would take a decision at an appropriate time.
Stating that he had prayed many gods for realising statehood to Telangana during the movement, he said as part of thanks giving presentations would be made including jewellery with Rs. 5 crore to Lord Venkateswara, golden crown to Warangal Bhadrakali, golden nose pins to Vijayawada Kanakadurga and Tirupati Padmavathi temples, golden moustache to Korivi Veerabhdra Swamy in Warangal and a valuable ‘chadar’ for Ajmer Sharif Dargah.
To visit Monda today
The Chief Minister along with the Ministers from the city will visit Monda Market in Secunderabad on Saturday. He will go round the meat and fish market . Later in the day, he will hold a review meeting on the issues pertaining to the city.
