Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday inaugurated a new secretariat building in Hyderabad. "Today is a red letter day in the history of Telangana. The marvel structure of the new Secretariat is the epicentre of the state administration," he said.
The building is 265 feet tall and built over 10.5 lakh square feet in a sprawling 28 acres. Its domes are built in the style of the Neelakanteswara Swamy temple of the Kakatiya period in Nizamabad. The palaces of the royals of Wanaparthy 'Samsthanam' in Telangana and the pattern of the Hanuman temple in Sarangpur also influenced the design.
It is named after BR Ambedkar. The CM said he feels blessed and fortunate to have inaugurated the wonderful new secretariat. He said the building is named after Ambedkar to remind that people's representatives and the entire government machinery should work to realise the ideals of the Architect of the Indian Constitution.
KCR also slammed his critics and opponents.
He said: "Some Political Lilliputs enemies created hurdles to the construction of the new Secretariat by demolishing the old building in the same place. Reconstruction of Telangana means reviving all the lakes in the State that remained dry due to lack of attention in the undivided Andhra Pradesh."
The prayer to bless the building 'Sudarsana Yagam' was held at 6 AM. After it concluded at 1.30 PM, the CM and other ministers occupied their respective chambers.
Vemula Prashant Reddy, minister of Legislative Affairs and Housing of Telangana, said the new secretariat will make work faster and bring better coordination. "The older secretariat had blocks which were 70 years old, a few were 40 years old, and some others, built 20 years ago, appear old and unorganised. The ministers, secretaries, and other officials used to sit at different blocks, which made the work a lengthy and challenging affair."
The construction of the building was delayed by several obstacles including the pandemic and court cases.