Lakeview to house Andhra CM - TeluguPeople.com News

HYDERABAD: The historic Lakeview Guest House close to Rajbhavan at Somajiguda is going to be the camp office of Chief Minister of residuary State of Andhra Pradesh.

This was decided by Governor E S L Narasimhan at a meeting with senior officials on Tuesday. The camp office will continue for a period of 10 years, during which Hyderabad will be the joint capital for Telangana and Andhra Pradesh States.

'After examining various alternatives, the security wing has proposed Lake View guest house to be earmarked as the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister's camp office,' official sources said.

Hitherto, Lakeview Guest House had been the official guest house of the State government to provide accommodation for VVIPs coming from outside the State.

The present Chief Minister's residence and camp office at Begumpet will be allotted to the Chief Minister of Telangana State.

Similarly, it was proposed to spruce up the Jubilee Hall to convene the first session of the Legislative Council of the Andhra Pradesh. Principal Secretary, Roads and Buildings Sambob briefed the Governor on the allotment of buildings at the Secretariat and said minimum dislocation from the existing premises was followed in allotment of buildings to various heads of department in the Secretariat.

The committee interacted with all HoDs in respect of apportioning the office space, he said. There are, in all, 179 departments located in Hyderabad, he said.

The A, B, C and D blocks in the Secretariat would be allotted to the Telangana State and H, K and L blocks to the AP State.

All civil works taken up in the Secretariat and Legislative Assembly are in progress and the works will be completed before the schedule date, Sambob said.

The Governor directed that the senior officials personally monitor the progress of work related to the allotment and upkeep of the chambers meant for elected governments.

He also instructed the Legislative Secretary Dr S. Raja Sadaram, to take appropriate steps to keep ready the Legislative Assembly and Council halls and complete the civil works by all means before May 20.

Earlier, the Governor accepted all the proposals made by different committees constituted in the wake of AP Reorganization Act 2014 and asked the Chief Secretary to submit them to the Centre.

The Governor advised the Chief Secretary and other senior officials to prepare a list of issues to be presented before the Union Home Secretary who is likely to visit Hyderabad in the second week of May.

Pradeep Chandra, Special Chief Secretary, presented a report on the measures to be adopted for the progress and development of successor States under the Schedule XIII and Section 93.

The Schedule XIII details on Education and Infrastructure proposals and 12 new infrastructure projects. Nagi Reddy, Prl Secretary, presented the Contracts Committee's recommendations.

He said the data base of all existing contracts can be best used by both the successor States by developing online system to monitor the physical and financial progress on a monthly basis and linking it to bills management system.

The Resident Commissioner, Andhra Bhavan, New Delhi has submitted the proposals of allotment of existing rooms as per guidelines to the new states.

Advisors to Governor Salauddin and A.N Roy, the Spl Chief Secretaries SP Tucker, Dr. N. Ramesh Kumar, P.V Ramesh and Laxmi Parthasarathy Bhaskar and other senior officers attended.

Meanwhile, Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) Hyderabad chapter convener P Anuradha Reddy decried handing over of heritage buildings to the residuary AP State.

'Buildings like Lake View Guest House and Jubilee Hall are the heritage properties of erstwhile Hyderabad State and now, Telangana.

How can they be given to residuary Andhra Pradesh, even if it is for a period of 10 years? Who is going to maintain it? Who is responsible if the AP government decides to make changes in these buildings to suit its requirements and leaves them in a mauled condition?' she asked.