State Guesthouse (Telangana) | |
Location Town: | Hyderabad, Telangana |
Location Country: | India |
Floor Area: | 25,500 Square foot |
Client: | State of Telangana |
Start Date: | 2004 |
Cost: | ₹8.1 crores |
Size: | 2acres |
Telangana State Guesthouse, formerly residential part of Chief Minister's Camp Office, is a state guest house of the State Government of Telangana, India. The camp office's office is converted to the Office of the Inspector General (security). The building is now part of Praja Bhavan, the official residence of the Chief Minister of Telangana. It is located in Greenlands circle, Begumpet.[1]
It was formerly the official residence of the Chief Minister of Telangana and before bifurcation the official residence of Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (United). The camp office was built in 2004 after the Congress party came into power as the official residence of the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. The first Chief Minister to move in was Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy in 2005 and stayed in it for five years, until his death in 2009.[2]
The CM Camp Office has office and residence on the two-storied premises. The land area is over 2acres with a built up area of 25,500 Square foot. It has roads on both east and north directions. It was built as per Vaastu principles.
A theater was built on the premises in 2007 at a cost of ₹1.15 crore, 2500square feet and has state of the art recording and online editing equipment.
Following the creation of the state of Telangana, the Camp Office became the residence of the Chief Minister of Telangana, with the Chief Minister of the residual Andhra Pradesh taking up residence at the Lakeview Guest House.[3]
Presently it is used as a guest house by the Chief Minister of Telangana.