Andhra Pradesh will have to bear Rs 150 to Rs 180 crore annually to meet the rental and lease amounts if it wants to shift its offices and administration from Hyderabad to Vijayawada.

Hyderabad: The proposed move of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu to shift the state administration from Hyderabad to Vijayawada is all set to cost the government Rs 15 to Rs 20 crore per month. According to the sources, these figures are only rough estimates reached after taking into account a total space of about 45 lakh sqft, needed to re-locate the state secretariat with 33 departments and Head of the Department Offices, from Hyderabad to Vijayawada. In addition to this, there will some more funds required to transport a huge quantities of files and other movable properties. Also, the employees have renewed their request asking the government to provide temporary accommodation to them in the new capital region area.

Senior IAS officials K S Jawahar Reddy and B Sam Bob have held a series of meeting with the secretaries of 11 departments like Revenue, Agriculture, Home, Commercial Taxes and the like to figure out the actual requirement of space needed for each of the department at Vijayawada. The committee would submit its report within three weeks to the chief minister giving three options to chose to roll out the re-location of offices and shifting of employees.