Minister of State for General Administration lal Singh Arya inspected the Annexe building being constructed near Mantralaya on Tuesday.
He directed the officials to provide a weekly report reviewing daily progress. Additional Secretary GAD Anand Sharma, Deputy Secretary Ashish Saxena and other Officers were also present.
It may be mentioned that construction work of annexe building was started on January 12, 2015 which will be completed till November 1, 2017. An administrative sanction of Rs 431.56 crore was given for the construction of the building.
EPCO is the architect of the annexe building. Soon an architect will be appointed for the old building too. Further, a multi level parking to house 650 cars is being constructed at the old parking place. Also, second parking place is being developed near Vindhyachal Bhavan to facilitate parking of 650 vehicles.
It is to be highlighted that the present area of Mantralaya Bhavan is 3 lakh square meter. Both the buildings of the new annexe are also being constructed on 3 lakh square meter each making it a total of 9 lakh square meter for the mantralya. Provision for 12 lifts in each building of annexe has been made. Double wall has been raised in the buildings to avoid damage from rains. Also attention has been paid towards dampness, air circulation and air cooling in the buildings.