Telangana State Guesthouse Explained

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]

History

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 Camp Office

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.

Chief Ministers in residence

Post bifurcation

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]

Present

Presently it is used as a guest house by the Chief Minister of Telangana.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CM to shift to camp office today after vastu changes - The Times of India. timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
  2. Web site: CM to move into Camp home. https://web.archive.org/web/20101208171554/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/hyderabad/cm-move-camp-home-744. 8 December 2010. Deccan Chronicle. 2010-12-07. Deccan Chronicle. dead. dmy-all.
  3. Web site: Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao chooses to stay at camp office. Deccan Chronicle.
  4. Web site: KCR moves in to Begumpet camp office - The Times of India. timesofindia.indiatimes.com.