On the auspicious occasion of Vijaya Dasami, Naidu today formally stepped into his official chamber on the 8th floor of L Block in the AP Secretariat amid Vedic chants.
Only bureaucrats and a couple of advisors to the government accompanied the Chief Minister on the occasion.
Ever since becoming the Chief Minister of the truncated state in June, Naidu had been operating from a temporary "camp office" in the Lake View Guest House here as his office chamber in the Secretariat had to be built afresh.
Subsequently, the 8th floor of the L Block had been chosen for his office and accordingly all necessary modifications had to be carried out at a cost of over Rs 20 crore.
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A spacious chamber for the CM with bullet-proofing besides a conference hall, a meeting hall for the Cabinet, visitors' lounge and chambers of his principal secretaries and secretaries were built on the 8th floor.
A new chamber for the state Chief Secretary was built on the 7th floor in the same block. All this will only be a temporary arrangement till the AP Secretariat is constructed in the state's new capital Vijayawada. It will, however, happen only three years later.