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New building complex to house Central Government offices ready for inauguration

K. N. Murali Sankar

Special facilities for physically challenged and women in the structures

TOWERING PRESENCE: A view of the building in the Autonagar area in Vijayawada. - Photo Ch Vijaya Bhaskar

VIJAYAWADA: A seven-storeyed building in the Autonagar industrial area is getting ready to house the offices of nine departments belonging to the Central Government by the end of this month. Spacious parking lots, fireproof equipment, special facilities for women and the physically challenged and use of eco-friendly materials are some of the features of the Central Government Offices (CGO) Complex.

The building was constructed by the Central Public Works Department (CPWD). The Union Minister for Urban Development, Ghulam Nabi Azad, is said to have been invited to inaugurate the complex. The date of inauguration will be announced very soon.

The complex would house the offices of the CPWD, Intelligence Bureau, National Sample Survey Organisation, Assistant Labour Commissioner, Press Information Bureau, Labour Enforcement Officer, Regional Research Centre for Ayurveda, Food and Nutrition Training Centre of the Ministry of Health and handicrafts showroom of the Ministry of Textiles.

Rs. 7.5 cr. spent

Constructed on an area of 2,600 square metres, the building has a carpet area of 70,000 sft. Each floor has a carpet area of over 8,500 sft. Canteen, conference hall, waiting room for women, centralised purified drinking water supply system and one special toilet on each floor for the physically challenged are some of the features of the complex. It took over two and a half years for the CPWD to complete the construction by spending about Rs. 7.5 crores.

"Now, we are giving the finishing touches to the building. We have sent proposals to the Directorate of Estates for allocating offices to the Central Government departments in the building. Once the Directorate issues orders, we will hand over the office premises to the respective departments," says P. Kanaka Raju, executive engineer of the CPWD.

He says the departments concerned can design their offices on the spacious floors. The CPWD, however, will take up the responsibility of maintaining the building. "We have strictly followed the norms of the National Building Code (NBC) and we can proudly say it is a model to other complexes. The building has an underground water storage facility with a capacity of one-lakh litres.

Besides two lifts and two staircases for regular use, we have constructed an additional staircase for emergency purpose," explains Mr. Raju.

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