Telangana’s Old Secretariat Building To Turn into Corona Isolation Ward?

If Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhara Rao has his way, the old Secretariat Building of Telangana is going to be used as Coronavirus Isolation Center. The KCR government planned to demolish the building and construct a brand new one in its place.

But KCR’s plan was held up after the High Court stayed the demolition. The case is pending in the court for several months. Telangana Secretariat is operating from Temporary Buildings particularly from Boorgula Ramakrishna Rao Bhavan.

The old Secretariat has 10 huge blocks that housed the entire state government administration in Erstwhile Andhra Pradesh. After the state bifurcation, five blocks were allotted to Andhra Pradesh and four to Telangana. The G Block which is in dilapidated condition was left idle.

Chandrababu Naidu did not handover the blocks despite not using them. He tried to use those blocks as bargain chips for several contentious issues between both the states. But Jagan handed over those blocks to Telangana Government immediately after coming to power.