The Andhra Pradesh Government has announced its intention to shift the state-level Government offices from Hyderabad to the capital region (comprising Vijayawada, Mangalagiri, Tenali, Amaravati and Guntur) by Monday and consequently several offices have shifted to either Vijayawada, Guntur or Mangalagiri (located between Vijayawada and Guntur). They will function from the new premises this week on.

The temporary secretariat at Velagapudi near Amaravati will be partly ready by Wednesday and Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has said the construction will be completed by the end of July and the secretariat will be fully functional by the first week of August. He has urged the employees to bear with the difficulties in shifting from Hyderabad to the capital region and co-operate with the Government in the building up of Navya Andhra Pradesh (new AP).

The Government offices have been temporarily housed at several places in Vijayawada, Guntur and Mangalagiri. The state-level agriculture offices have been shifted to Guntur and also the office of the NG Ranga Agricultural University. The offices of the director of the municipal administration and also of minor irrigation have shifted to Guntur. The AP Nedcap office has been set up at Mangalagiri in Guntur district.

The APSRTC MD office has been set up at the Vijayawada bus station and the AP fisheries director's office at Penamaluru in Krishna district. The AP Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) office has been set up at Guru Nanak colony in Vijayawada. The Sports Authority of Andhra Pradesh office has been set up at the Indira Gandhi stadium here.

sarma.rs@thehindu.co.in

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