No New Building for AP Council

By Express News Service - HYDERABAD

Published: 07th April 2014 09:30 AM

Last Updated: 07th April 2014 09:30 AM

No new building will be constructed for conducting the Legislative Council meetings of the residuary state of Andhra Pradesh. Instead, the legislative department will provide furniture in Jubilee Hall for holding meetings of the Council.
Immediately after the appointed day, the new governments of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana will be in place. By that time, required furniture like seating arrangements for MLCs and other furniture will be provided in Jubilee Hall.
Governor ESL Narasimhan, who visited the Assembly and Secretariat buildings on Sunday, directed roads and buildings department officials to consult with the Legislative Council chairman and Assembly speaker on the matter. The governor also visited the Secretariat and made an on-the-spot assessment on distribution of buildings for both the states.
He was accompanied by his adviser AN Roy, chief secretary PK Mohanty, principal secretary (R&B) Busi Sam Bob, special chief secretary (transport) Lakshmi Parthasarathy and other officials.
Sam Bab explained to the governor that there were two options before them to allocate the ten blocks in the Secretariat. One option is to allocate A,B,C and D blocks to one state and the rest of the blocks to the other state. Another option is to allocate H-South, H-North, D and C blocks to one state and the rest of the blocks to the other state. “We have two options _ one is to divide the buildings in the Secretariat vertically and the other  to divide them horizontally,” Sam Bob told Narasimhan.
The governor also examined the separate exit and entry points for the two chief ministers to function form the existing Secretariat. However, he did not take any decision on Sunday. “The governor will take a final call after studying the matter once again,” official sources said.
FIRST VISIT: It was governor’s first visit  to the Secretariat. Normally, governors do not go to the Secretariat. But, as the state is under President’s rule and the State Reorganisation Act entrusted the  ‘management and allocation of government buildings in the common capital area’ to the governor, Narasimhan visited the Secretariat. Governor spent almost one hour and went round the Secretariat. He also visited the H-South Block where the new Andhra Pradesh chief minister will be provided accommodation.