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AP CM irked by poor state of Secretariat
AP CM irked by poor state of Secretariat, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu was taken aback by the dismal infrastructural facilities that were made available to the government employees in the State secretariat.
- Chandrababu Naidu inspects various blocks
- Finds that senior officials yet to be allotted chambers
- Even the Chief Minister’s chamber not yet ready
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Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu was taken aback by the dismal infrastructural facilities that were made available to the government employees in the State secretariat.
Giving vent to his anger, Naidu asked officials to see that the rooms and other facilities were provided immediately. He said it was pathetic to see that even a revenue divisional officer-rank official was forced to adjust with a single table and four staffers. This was a sorry state of affairs, he remarked after taking a round of one of the sections in the J block. Some senior bureaucrats were not even allotted chambers in the Secretariat post bifurcation.
Naidu, who made an unscheduled visit to the Secretariat after paying homage to freedom fighter Alluri Sitarama Raju on Tank Bund, got the first hand feel of affairs in the administrative headquarters and inspected the blocks allotted to the State in the Secretariat here.
He first went to the J block and inspected the chambers of ministers and senior bureaucrats and later visited the L block, where the Chief Minister's Office is being readied at a cost of Rs 10 crore.
Work on refurbishment of the eighth floor, where the CM's chamber will be located, was going on at a tardy pace and the place continues to be filled with filth.
Sources said the fourth class staff refused to sweep the premises or dust the area even after they were informed about the Chief Minister's visit.
“All the lower level staff belongs to Telangana and is currently working here on a temporary basis. They seldom follow our instructions,” a senior official later pointed out.
Consequent to the State's bifurcation, the J, K, L and south and north H blocks in the Secretariat have been allotted to Andhra Pradesh. The K block, older among all the other blocks, is filled with other offices like Telangana employees association, post office, bank, etc.
While ministers have been allotted chambers in J, L and south H blocks, many of the Secretary-rank IAS officers are yet to get chambers in any of the blocks.
“It’s more than 30 days since the State has been divided and many officers do not have proper accommodation. My office is not yet ready and it may take two or three months,” Naidu told media.
He said even the Chief Minister's Principal Secretaries and Secretary do not have chambers. The two Principal Secretaries and Secretary to the Chief Minister were all jointly using the chamber of Principal Secretary (Health) in the L block.
