The desire to work in the state-of-the-art secretariat, under construction for over a year-and-a-half now, remains unfulfilled for employees who are now working in a scattered manner ever since the State government started demolition of the old secretariat complex.
After some initial hiccups, the construction of the integrated secretariat complex in the heart of the city is no doubt progressing at a brisk pace as the construction agency and supervising officials of the Roads and Buildings department are working overtime to complete the works.
But the question remains, whether the officials can do it before Vijayadasami in October, the new deadline set for the completion of the iconic building. The reason: works pertaining to the four towers and the central dome are yet to start and the construction agency is left with less than six months for hand-over of the fully completed building by October. “We want to finish the work by September-end and are hopeful that the works will be completed by that time,” says an official, sounding optimistic about meeting the deadline.
