After a gap of ten years, N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday stepped into the State Secretariat in Hyderabad and occupied his renovated chambers in l Block of the complex.
Naidu, who took over as the Chief Minister of bifurcated Andhra Pradesh in June, was discharging his duties from his camp office at the lakeview Guest House in the city.
Naidu, who entered his chamber at 2:15 pm amid the chanting of vedic mantras by the priests offered prayers before occupying his chair and signed a couple of important files. Top officials Chief Secretary IYR Krishna Rao, Director General of Police J V Ramudu and some senior Ministers were also present on the occasion.
Speaking on the occasion Naidu said that he would now be mostly working from his office in the Secretariat and use the guest house only as a camp office. With Naidu occupying the l Block, the Secretariat will see a significant increase in the level of activity as both the Chief Ministers of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh will be using the same complex.
The Government spent Rs10 crore in renovating Naidu’s chambers on the 7th floor of l Block. Its walls have been made bulletproof as part of the State of the art security arrangements.Naidu has moved into the secretariat at a time when some of his Cabinet colleagues were planning to shift their offices to Vijayawada to remain close to the people of the State. They were also planning to move their respective departments to Vijaywada, the likely new capital of Andhra Pradesh.