Government of Andhra Pradesh is shifting the administration machinery from Hyderabad to Amravati which is the upcoming capital in Vijayawada region by June next year.  On 2 June 2014, the north-western portion of the state was bifurcated to form a new state of Telangana. In accordance with the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, Hyderabad will remain the capital of both Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states for a period of time not exceeding 10 years i.e; till 2023.

The state government machinery has been functioning at the Secretariat located in Hyderabad but with Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu himself relocating to the region, the process would gain momentum in the coming months.

Chandrababu Naidu is seeing that the state-level administrative apparatus should be based in the permanent capital region so that it will be close to the people. Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu had been found in Hyderabad since the bifurcation came into existence on June 2, 2014, but now he had completely shifted to Andhra Pradesh- Vijayawada since the last about four months from the city, which would become a part and parcel of Telangana in 2023.

“It’s rare that he (Naidu) comes to Hyderabad. Even for weekends, he is not coming to Hyderabad. That has given lot of impetus to the general movement of departments etc from Hyderabad to Vijayawada,” Parakala Prabhakar, Advisor (Communications) to Andhra Pradesh government, told PTI.  The departments like irrigation, municipal administration and information and public relations have largely moved to Vijayawada, and the process of holding talks with the employees on shifting to the Andhra Pradesh – Vijayawada region by June 2016.

The government is addressing the concerns of the staff with regard to office and residential space, Prabhakar said.

Bureaucrats committee which was appointed by the government said in September that about 12,000 employees have to be shifted to their permanent capital region for administrative reasons.

Prabhakar said – “The state government has estimated that about 9 lakh Square feet for office space and about 27 lakh Square feet for residential accommodation is needed to shift the staff”.