Can the AP Government shift to Vijayawada?

Andhra Pradesh government is once again gearing for shifting of all its offices and employees from the common capital Hyderabad to Vijayawada very soon. It has tried earlier also, but dropped the idea due to same reasons that it is facing now. But, this time, it determined to shift them all in one go, which would be a really a very difficult task.

However, it is learnt that majority of the employees are not willing to move out from Hyderabad with such a short notice. But, the NGOs leaders, who talked with Principal Secretary IYR Krishna Rao yesterday said to be agreed to move into Vijayawada if the government is willing to increase their house rent allowance by 30 per cent. They also raised some questions about continuation of their children education, their nativity and life partner’s jobs in Hyderabad etc. They also said to be put some demands like providing medical facility to their family members etc. The state government is said to be offering them to implement five-day-week work system to enable them visit their families at Hyderabad weekly or monthly once. But, it wouldn't be a solution to this problem, instead it may hamper the work in the officies.

Although, newly joined employees are showing interest to shift to Vijayawada, seniors, especially those who are going to retire shortly are not willing to move out from Hyderabad. The state government has to find sufficient buildings to accommodate all its offices in and around Vijayawada. The committee constituted by it has identified some buildings and believes that they would be sufficient. But, the three member committee constituted earlier for the same purpose opined that they are not sufficient.

The state government is now reportedly planning to construct temporary housing complexes near Amravati to accommodate them. But, it dropped that idea earlier because it may take not less than 6-12 months to complete. So, it has to find accomodation to all its employees and officers on war footing mode, if it wants to move them all into Vijayawada.The state government can think about shifting of its employees and offices only after it finds solutions to all these questions, problems and employees demands.