Hyderabad: As part of WhatIsMyGoal’s under-18 elections, election officers from 40 school constituencies (schools) visited the Telangana Secretariat.
Students from top schools such as Silver Oaks International, Birla Open Minds International, The Gaudium, Glendale Academy, Pallavi Model, DPS, and others were excited to be able to tour the Telangana Secretariat.
In April, the IT Minister of Telangana, KT Rama Rao launched the under-18 elections, and 200 students from 51 schools visited the Legislative Assembly of Telangana. This initiative aims to help students understand the political process and take an active interest in shaping the future of their country. The visit to the Secretariat of Telangana was facilitated by the WE Hub Foundation, Government of Telangana.
CEO of WE Hub, Deepthi Ravula, addressed the students and shared insights into the startup ecosystem in Telangana and the role of women in policymaking. She also supported the under-18 elections initiated by WhatIsMyGoal and motivated students to make this a movement across the state of Telangana.
The Chief Election Commissioner of the Under-18 elections, Chitralee Sarma, spoke about the importance of the student’s engagement in governance and identifying their voice in the under-18 world. She reiterated the famous words of The King: “The Future is ours, the present is also ours.”
Chitralee Sarma, along with the Election Officers of the constituencies, pledged to conduct the under-18 elections fairly and smoothly.
Speaking about the Under 18 World, a member of the Whatismygoal team from Silveroaks International School, Lehya Reddy Mukku, said, “The Under 18 world has the power to engage in the transformative act of civic responsibility.”
About WhatIsMyGoal:
WhatIsMyGoal is a startup that provides students with hands-on experience in careers through interactions, activities, and visits. The company has built a community of 160 schools in Hyderabad and has impacted thousands of students through its programs and camps.
Hyderabad: Telangana, the youngest state in India, recently inaugurated a new building for its Secretariat, equipped with state-of-the-art features and a unique design. The Chief Minister, K. Chandrasekhar Rao, inaugurated the complex by occupying a chair in his chambers on the sixth floor, signing a few files, and performing rituals with a group of priests chanting Vedic hymns. Ministers, Chief Secretary Santhi Kumari, secretaries, and other top officials occupied their respective chambers simultaneously.
Meanwhile, a video circulating on social media claimed that the Telangana Secretariat failed to withstand summer rains. As per the claim, small rainfall in Hyderabad exposed cracks in the roof and pillars of the newly constructed Telangana Secretariat building.
FactCheck_Telangana, a Twitter handle that fact-checks information in Telangana, revealed that the building seen in the video is a commercial complex under construction outside the new Secretariat. The tweet dismissed the claims that the Secretariat failed to withstand rains in Hyderabad.
ఇటీవల కురిసిన వర్షాల వల్ల తెలంగాణ సెక్రటేరియట్పై నీరు నిలిచింది అంటూ సామాజిక మాధ్యమాల్లో సర్క్యులేట్ అవుతున్న ఒక వీడియో ప్రజలని పూర్తిగా తప్పుదోవ పట్టించేలా ఉంది.
వీడియోలో కనిపించేది నూతన సచివాలయం బయట నిర్మాణంలో ఉన్న కమర్షియల్ కాంప్లెక్స్.
A brainchild of Chief Minister KCR, the Secretariat complex has come up near the banks of Hussain Sagar Lake in the heart of the city, where old buildings of Telangana Secretariat and earlier undivided Andhra Pradesh stood.
The building, a symbol of Telangana’s progress, boasts of two massive domes with the national emblem atop, making it the tallest state Secretariat in the country at a planned height of 265 feet.
Telangana Secretariat is fusion of different cultures
Built at a cost of over Rs 600 crore, the Secretariat is a six-storey structure with seven lakh square feet of built-up space and equipped with all modern facilities. It has been named after the chief architect of the Indian Constitution, Dr B.R. Ambedkar.
The Secretariat is a fusion of different cultures, built with a height of 265 feet on an area of 10,51,676 square feet in a sprawling 28 acres. It has 34 domes, including two huge domes, which add attraction to the complex. The six-storey Secretariat, with 635 rooms, 30 conference halls, and 24 lifts, has been built to accommodate 2,000 employees.
Hyderabad: New Secretariat building of Telangana ahead of its inauguration, in Hyderabad, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. (PTI Photo) (PTI01_24_2023_000204B)
Hyderabad: The freshly launched Telangana Secretariat complex has been conferred with the prestigious Indian Green Building Council Award.
The members of the IGBC called on roads and buildings minister Vemula Prashanth Reddy at the Secretariat on Monday and presented the award to him.
Prashanth Reddy credited the state government for constructing the Secretariat with state of art facilities and being environmentally friendly.
Delighted over receiving the award, Prashanth Reddy said that it was chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao’s vision that has successfully increased the green cover in Telangana by 7.7 percent since the state formation.
“Telangana government further plans to install solar power panels at the Secretariat in order to save electricity and encourage renewable energy,” said Prashanth Reddy.
Telangana Congress chief Revanth Reddy being denied entry into the newly inaugurated Secretariat building by Hyderabad police on Monday
Hyderabad: After being denied entry into the newly inaugurated Secretariat here, Congress leader and MP Revanth Reddy accused chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) and IT Minister K T Rama Rao (KTR) of looting the people of Telangana.
Earlier in the day, the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) chief was stopped by the Hyderabad police on Monday from entering the building. He was asked to take permission to receive the officials, angering Reddy.
“In the last 20 years, MPs and MLAs were never disallowed to enter the Secretariat. As a Member of Parliament, I have full rights to enter the building. It seems the CM’s lecture about Ambedkar’s theories was just for a day,” Reddy said.
The TPCC chief further said that the leasing of ORR by the government was a big scam. He said the project that would generate Rs 30,000 crore in the next 10 years was leased out for just Rs 7,380 crore.
Reddy made it clear that when the Congress party comes to power, they will bring all corrupt leaders to court.
“We will ensure that every corrupt leader is put behind bars. if required, we will go to the courts to get justice. No one will be spared,” Reddy said.
Hyderabad: Reacting to the Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s statement that the newly inaugurated Telangana secretariat building was a symbol of “reformation”, former member of the state’s Legislative Council and BJP leader N Ramchander Rao on Sunday said a building with domes cannot be a symbol of development.
Speaking to ANI, N Ramchander said the CM should do a ground reality check.
“Just by constructing a vastu-based Secretariat and demolishing the earlier building, he (KCR) can’t claim to have developed Telangana,” N Ramachander Rao told ANI.
“I would like to remind the CM and KTR (his son) that a girl recently drowned in a manhole amid incessant rains in the city. If such is the situation in Hyderabad, how can you call it a global city?”
“There is no proper drainage system in the state,” he alleged.
He added that the state could only be said to be developed when people across all levels of society are happy, find jobs and also have access to the welfare schemes of the government.
“Corruption is rampant in the state and the new secretariat, alone, can’t be called a symbol of development,” the BJP leader said.
Claiming further that Telangana was mired in debts, Ramachander added, “Earlier, Telangana used to be a surplus state. Now the state is reeling under a debt of Rs 5 lakh crore.”
“Inflation is very high in Telangana when compared to other states. So just by inaugurating a new secretariat building, he (CM) can’t go around claiming that Telangana has progressed,” the BJP leader added.
“Let him run a reality check on the ground. People are slipping into poverty. So, merely raising a new secretariat building doesn’t mean that the state has progressed,” he said.
Hyderabad: The new Dr BR Ambedkar secretariat witnesses various minister, secretaries and government officials starting their operations on Sunday after the inauguration by chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao.
KCR did his very first signature, in the new secretariat, on the regularisation of the services of Contract personnel file. In a total of 40 categories, 5540 contract employees are regularised through these orders.
State home minister Mohammed Mahmood Ali signed the ‘Reorganisation and sanction of posts in Tri Commissionarates of Hyderabad, Cyberabad and Rachakonda’ order after taking charge in his new office. The minister, along with others present at the event, offered prayers in his chambers.
Minister of Energy, G Jagadish Reddy performed a pooja in his new office following which he signed the agriculture electric subsidy file. Rs 958 crore 33 lakhs were sanctioned to the Telangana DISCOMs for agriculture electricity in the month of May.
వ్యవసాయ విద్యుత్ సబ్సిడీపై మంత్రి జగదీష్ రెడ్డి తొలి సంతకం. నూతన ఛాంబర్లో ప్రవేశించిన మంత్రి జగదీష్ రెడ్డి. పూజలు నిర్వహించి ఫైల్ మీద తొలి సంతకం పెట్టిన మంత్రి.మే నెల మాసంతానికి వ్యవసాయ విద్యుత్ సబ్సిడీ 958 కోట్ల 33 లక్షల 33 వేల విద్యుత్ సబ్సిడీ నిమిత్తం టియస్ డిస్కంలకు మంజూరు pic.twitter.com/HzkrxaGU8w
Animal husbandry and fisheries minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav signed the file on the free distribution of fish. Files regarding the distribution of sheep under the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) and Rs 70,000 crore grant for the mega-dairy construction were also signed.
నూతనంగా నిర్మించిన డాక్టర్ BR అంబేడ్కర్ తెలంగాణ రాష్ట్ర సచివాలయంలోని చాంబర్ లో బాధ్యతలు చేపట్టి అనంతరం ఉచిత చేప పిల్లల పంపిణీకి సంబంధించిన ఫైల్ పై మొదటి సంతకం చేయడం జరిగింది.
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— Talasani Srinivas Yadav (@YadavTalasani) April 30, 2023
Hyderabad: The new Secretariat of Telangana has been named after B R Ambedkar with the intention that people’s representatives and the entire government machinery should work to realise the ideals of the Architect of the Indian Constitution, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said on Sunday.
Rao inaugurated the new Secretariat complex, which stands 265 feet tall and is spread over an area of 10, 51,676 square feet in a sprawling of 28 acres of land here.
Speaking after the inauguration, the Chief Minister said he considered it the opportunity of a lifetime to have inaugurated this “magnificent secretariat complex”.
“In order to take forward his (BR Ambedkar) ideals, to make all the employees and ministers who regularly come to the Secretariat to remember his name and keep his message in mind while working, we named our Secretariat, the epicenter of the State administration after BR Ambedkar,” Rao said.
He further said that the Telangana agitation for a separate state had been peaceful following Gandhian ideology, and statehood was achieved due to Ambedkar’s vision of enshrining Article 3 in the Constitution.
Slamming his detractors, KCR said rebuilding of Telangana does not mean that old structures will be demolished and new edifices will be erected.
“I want to tell some (political) dwarfs who do not know about the reconstruction of Telangana. Reconstruction of Telangana means reviving all the lakes in the State that remained dry due to lack of attention in the undivided Andhra Pradesh,” he said.
He alleged that some forces, which could not digest the urge for reconstruction of Telangana, failed to see the overall development that the State is achieving.
Recalling the Telangana development, KCR said the State attracted investments worth lakhs of crores of rupees and was making rapid strides in the IT sector, even surpassing Bangalore as its hub.
The Chief Minister said the total paddy cultivation in the State stood at 56 lakh acres against 94 lakh acres all over the country during the current Yasangi (Rabi season).
He said that the earlier Planning Commission (since replaced by NITI Aayog) had kept nine districts of Telangana under the backward districts category, but now there were no villages as progressive as those of Telangana.
According to the Chief Minister, the per capita income of Telangana is the highest among all States in India even as per capita power consumption is also high which are the growth indicators and good economic development.
The Chief Minister thanked officials and stakeholders for striving hard for the development of the State.
A ‘Sudarsana Yagam’ was performed from 6 AM and Rao occupied his chambers in the sixth floor after the rituals concluded at around 1.30 PM. The Ministers of the State government also occupied their respective chambers.
Considering the inadequacies of the former Secretariat complex built during undivided Andhra Pradesh, a government-appointed expert committee favoured construction of a new building.
The Chief Minister had laid the foundation stone for the construction of the Secretariat on June 27, 2019 but the works started only in January 2021, delayed by the covid-19 pandemic, court cases and other issues.
The building stands 265 feet tall, and a press release issued by the government said no state had such a tall Secretariat. It is also one of the largest Secretariats in the country, the release added.
The domes of the new Secretariat have been built in the styles of the Neelakanteswara Swamy temple of the Kakatiya period in Nizamabad, designs of the palaces of the royals of Wanaparthy ‘Samsthanam’ in Telangana and the pattern of the Hanuman temple in Sarangpur, Gujarat, according to the release.
The construction was done “flawlessly” with the instructions of Roads and Buildings (R&B) department, IGBC (Indian Green Building Council), Telangana State Technological Services and the State police department, the release added.
Hyderabad: The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi responded to ‘Maqbara lag raha hai’ remarks on the new Telangana secretariat and said that the Prime Minister ‘could not build something like this’.
Owaisi congratulated state chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao on completing the new secretariat building named after Babasaheb Ambedkar, which was thrown open on Sunday.
Owaisi tweeted and said that the building must remain a symbol of Telangana’s inclusive growth story.
A Twitter user replied to the post saying that the structure looks like a mausoleum and asked whether it was built for a funeral. Slamming the comment, the AIMIM president said that the new secretariat building design was inspired by various temples.
“Design was inspired by temples of Neelakanteshwara Swamy temple in Nizamabad, Rajaprasads of the Wanaparthy Samsthanam, and Hanuman temple in Sarangapur, Gujarat,” said the MP asking the commenter whether he will still say that the building looks like a mausoleum.
Sir the design was inspired by Temples of Neelakanteshwara Swamy temple in Nizamabad,RajaPrasadas of Vanparthy Samasthanam,and Hanuman Temple Sarangpur Gujrat. Will you still say ……. Ah a Waqf Registered Masjid was illegally demolished during the construction which has now… https://t.co/ssP60Rm64T
Owaisi also said that during the construction of the building, a waqf-registered mosque was illegally demolished and has now been reconstructed. He said that this was the ‘first instance of a reconstruction of a demolished Masjid’.
He said that the building was beautiful but the Prime Minister could not build something like this.
Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday reiterated its claim that the new secretariat resembles a mosque and has failed to resemble the ’emotions of 85 per cent Hindus’ in the state.
In a graphic tweeted out by @BJP4Telangana Twitter handle, the saffron party called the construction a ‘distortion of history’ as it allegedly doesn’t represent the culture of either the Kakatiyas or the Shatavahana rulers.
This is not the first time that the state BJP went after the style of construction of the new Secretariat.
State BJP chief Bandi Sanjay on February 10 issued a threat to demolish domes of the new Secretariat building if his party was voted to power in the next elections. He says the domes of the new Secretariat reflect the culture of Nizam.
Sanjay, who is known for making controversial statements, alleged that CM KCR turned the secretariat into a tomb like the Taj Mahal to please AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi.
The state government has also issued a clarification stating that the building has been modelled on the lines of various temples, including the Hanuman temple in Gujarat’s Sarangapur.
Hyderabad: Turning a new leaf in its history, India’s youngest state Telangana on Sunday opened a new building of its Secretariat, the nerve centre of state’s administration equipped with state-of-the-art features and built with a unique design.
Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao inaugurated the complex by occupying a chair in his chambers on the sixth floor and signing a few files. A group of priests performed the rituals with chanting of Vedic hymns.
Ministers, leaders of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and senior officials presented bouquets to congratulate him on the occasion. Many ministers and other public representatives bowed down to touch the feet of Chief Minister KCR.
Ministers, Chief Secretary Santhi Kumari, secretaries and other top officials occupied their chairs in their respective chambers simultaneously.
A brainchild of Chief Minister KCR, the Secretariat complex has come up near the banks of Hussain Sagar lake in the heart of the city at the same piece of land where old buildings of Telangana Secretariat and earlier undivided Andhra Pradesh stood.
The building, termed as a symbol of Telangana’s progress, boasts off two massive domes. National emblem atop the huge domes has taken the building to its planned height of 265 feet, making it the tallest state Secretariat in the country.
The integrated complex housing the offices of the chief minister, ministers, chief secretary and all other secretaries and heads of departments, reflects the pride of Telangana and would stand as a role model for other states, says the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) government. It has been named after the chief architect of the Indian Constitution, Dr B.R. Ambedkar.
Built at a cost of over Rs 600 crore, the Secretariat is a six-storey structure with seven lakh square feet of built-up space and equipped with all modern facilities.
The rituals associated with the inauguration of the building began Sunday morning. Sudarshana Yagam was performed by Vedic pandits. Minister for roads and buildings Vemula Prashant Reddy and his wife performed Dwaralaxmi puja.
After the Sudershana Yagam, Chandi homam and vastu homam were performed.
Chief Minister KCR arrived at the Secretariat at around 1.15 p.m. After getting down from the car at the main gate and accompanied by a few ministers and top officials, he walked towards the special tent to perform puja before driving into the complex. At the entrance KCR took a salute from a police contingent before unveiling a plaque and cutting the ribbon to formally inaugurate the building.
The structure has been built in the Indo-Saracenic style that blends the Indo-Islamic architectural features generally with domes. The multiple domes and arches of the building perfectly fit in this style representing the syncretic and liberal Deccani style, expressing Telangana’s quintessence.
Designed by the Chennai-based Architects Ponni Concessao and Oscar Concessao, the complex has been built by Shapoorji Pallonji and Company Pvt Limited with all the Indian Green Building Council norms, meeting the stipulations of fire safety, disaster management and other mandatory regulations.
The construction work started in January 2021 amid Covid-19 and court cases, but was completed in a record time of 26 months. According to officials, usually it takes five years to complete the works of such a huge construction.
The building, a fusion of different cultures, has been built with a height of 265 feet on an area of 10,51,676 square feet in a sprawling 28 acres. It has 34 domes, including two huge domes, which add attraction to the complex.
The six-storey Secretariat, with 635 rooms, 30 conference halls and 24 lifts, has been built to accommodate 2,000 employees.
There are two floors with 4,500 square feet each under the dome on the sixth floor. These will be used for the President, Prime Minister and foreign guests who are on a state visit. Royal dining halls have been built in the Persian model.
According to officials, 3,500 cubic meters of Dholpur red stone, which was used for Parliament building, was also utilised for the new Secretariat. For this, a whole mine was used in Dholpur, Rajasthan. From there, the stone was transported to Hyderabad in 1,000 trucks. Red stone is used for the entire basement, while light brown stone is used from the main dome to the portico.
The government has also built Hindu, Muslim and Christian prayer halls in the Secretariat. They have been made more spacious and beautiful than before. The government has provided flexibility to get the construction done according to the wishes of the respective religious leaders.
Hyderabad: Amid a row sparked by the comments of Telangana BJP chief Bandi Sanjay, the state government has said that the domes of Telangana State’s new Secretariat building have been modelled on the lines of various temples, including the Hanuman temple in Gujarat’s Sarangapur, officials said.
The domes have been designed and built in the style of Neelakanteswara Swamy Temple temple of the Kakatiya period in Nizamabad, Gopurams and designs of the Rajaprasads of the Wanaparthy Samsthanam (princely state) and the pattern of the Hanuman temple in Sarangapur, Gujarat.
This clarification is significant in the wake of an allegation by the opposition BJP that the new state Secretariat building reflects the culture of Nizams.
State BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar has even threatened to demolish the domes if BJP was voted to power in the upcoming elections.
Sanjay, who is known for making controversial statements, alleged that Chief Minister KCR turned the secretariat into a tomb like the Taj Mahal to please AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi.
“If BJP comes to power, it will destroy the symbols of Nizam’s culture in the state. We will make changes in the state secretariat so that it reflects the Indian and Telangana culture,” he had said.
Sanjay also said on Saturday that if BJP comes to power in Telangana, the administration will not function from the new Secretariat as the building does not reflect Indian culture.
The new Secretariat, which was thrown open on Sunday, has 34 domes which stand out as a special attraction.
According to officials, four types of domes have been built. The ‘A’ type dome is 23.6 feet in diameter, ‘B’ type domes are 31 feet, ‘C’ type are 21.6 feet, and the ‘D’ type domes which are the largest are 54.8 feet in diameter. It is estimated that up to 90 tonnes of iron was used in the construction of these domes.
The main building has two ‘Bahubali’ domes constructed on the lines of Taj Mahal and Gulbarga Gumbaz.
Officials say 34 domes and figures of lions, the national symbol, on two big domes are the crown of the new secretariat. The main domes at a height of 165 feet, are built at the front and rear sides of the secretariat. This is the first time such huge domes have been built in modern structures mainly in government buildings.
Each of the main domes is 82-feet high (about eight stories) and 52-feet in diameter. These are the main attractions of the Secretariat and are located on the east and west sides of the building.
The interior of the main domes is designed in the style of a sky lounge. It offers a view of the surrounding city from its wide windows. The area of these domes is designed as a VIP zone where the chief minister holds important meetings.
