Hyderabad: The Telangana State Secretariat, built for Rs 1,500 crore by then chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao, is reportedly set to undergo 'vastu' changes again.
Gate 3 is being used by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and the ministers were locked on Sunday night as part of this. They will use Gate 4 on the west side for entry and exit from the north-east until the vastu defects are rectified at Gate 3, official sources said. IAS and IPS officers will be entering the Secretariat from the south-east gate.
Although there was no official confirmation, the sudden locking of Gate 3 led to speculation that it was done to make vastu changes to suit Revanth Reddy.
After inaugurating the Secretariat in April last year, Chandrashekar Rao did not work for long from the new structure because the Assembly poll code kicked in in October.
Rao had located the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) on the sixth floor — six being his lucky number. After working from the same office, it is learnt that Revanth Reddy has decided to relocate to the ninth and top floor, with nine said to be his lucky number.
Officials are making arrangements for the shift. The top three floors of the Secretariat are currently unused.
After Revanth Reddy took over as CM, the Secretariat underwent one vastu change in February this year: The big gates located at the bottom of the 'Baahubali doors' were replaced with small gates through which the CM's convoy passes.
