With officials more or less deciding that the office of the
chief minister of the residuary state of Andhra Pradesh be located
within the Secretariat, babus have got down to the most key aspect of
the matter _ Vastu.
For the time being, it is the roads
and buildings officials who have turned Vastu experts and are using
their expertise to finalise the entry/exit points for the first chief
minister of new AP and also his office _ everything as per Vastu.
Informed
sources disclosed to Express that while doing the exercise on
distributing buildings of state offices in Hyderabad, the officials have
decided to house the office of the new AP chief minister in the
existing Secretariat itself.
‘’If the Secretariat of residuary AP
is located elsewhere in Hyderabad, most of the buildings in the present
Secretariat will remain vacant. So, it has been decided to apportion the
Secretariat to the chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana to
run the administration of the respective states,’’ they said.
Currently,
the chief minister’s office is located in the C-Block. It is not clear
which blocks will be allotted to Telangana and AP.
Officials are thinking of locating the office of the chief minister of Telangana in C-Block and the CM of AP in H-South Block.
“We
will not construct any compound wall to divide the Secretariat but will
erect some kind of fencing to prevent visitors from one state from
straying into the office of the other state,” an officer involved in the
exercise of the distribution of buildings told Express.
“We want
to identify a block for AP chief minister and provide necessary
partition in the block for CMO, cabinet meeting room, meeting room and
others. The facilities currently available for the chief minister in the
C-Block will be extended in the block to be earmarked for AP CM too,”
said an officer.
While doing so, officials are also looking into
the Vastu aspect. “The old gate of the Secretariat was closed for Vastu
reasons. The CMO is located in the corner of C-Block only for Vastu
reasons. We cannot reopen the old gate. The existing entry to the
Secretariat will be used for Telangana chief minister. We will erect a
new gate for Andhra chief minister, considering all Vastu rules,” an
officer explained.
“We cannot hire Vastu experts for the purpose.
The architects in the R&B department are well versed with basic
Vastu principles. So, they apply the same rules while creating a new
office for Andhra CM and finding new entry and exit points,” an officer
said.
“Our intention is that after June 2, the first chief
minister of Telangana or Andhra Pradesh should not refuse to enter into
the Secretariat on Vastu objections. We will adhere to basic Vastu
tenets. It is up to the two chief ministers to make suitable amendments
to their peshis,” the officer said.
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