The two hard rock towns, Tadepalli and Mangalagiri, are likely to be the administrative hub of Andhra Pradesh soon, if one goes by the movement of the government.
Hither to, Velagapudi and Nowluru have been the administrative hub of the TDP government in the last five years, with Secretariat and Assembly coming up in Velagapudi and High Court in Nowluru.
The present government, while continuing to use these buildings for its governance, is planning to move out of this place, if the statements of Minister Botsa Satyanarayana and MLA Alla Ramakrishna Reddy are any indication.
Botsa had been saying that the loose soil in Velagapudi and other villages is not suitable for high-rise buildings as major part of the money is going towards foundation.
The government is spending over Rs 10,000 per square feet here against the normal spending of Rs 3,000 to Rs 3,500.
The new government finds the construction cost is unwanted, particularly when there is no money with the exchequer.
Mangalagiri and Tadikonda Assembly segments are part of the Amaravati, initially proposed by the TDP government and thus Mangalagiri holds good now for this government.
There are over a dozen offices of the Heads of Department located along the Chennai-Kolkata national highway near Mangalagiri and Tadepalli. The DGP office too is located in this sector.
The government is planning to buy a multi-storeyed building at Tadepalli to house the offices of the HoDs.
Mangalagiri MLAs says that there is 10,000 acres of land readily available for the government to start constructions and there is another 15,000 acres of forest land located along the high way between the office of the DGP and the AIIMS, coming up in the hills.
As located rightly on the national highway, the government is planning to use this rocky soil for administrative buildings, rather than pumping money into the black and loose soil of Velagapaudi and Nowluru.