Vaastu obsession: how Telugu CMs are wasting public cash on personal beliefs

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Hyderabad: what’s driving the tech-savvy Chandrababu Naidu administration in province and revolutionary leader K Chandrasekhar Rao government in Telangana? it’s belief. each ar payment immense sums from the several state exchequers to chase away evil influences.
For those not within the understand, Naidu is that the initial chief minister within the country to possess introduced iPads for a cabinet meeting, and each he and KCR claim to be contemporary directors driven by the spirit of science and power of technology. that creates their fascination for Vaastu – the traditional piece of writing on constructions with dubious scientific benefit – troublesome to fathom. Since the day they came to power, they need been busy ever-changing construction plans of offices – elevation of the offices, positioning of the entry gate, toilets, windows gap in specific directions and what not – at a hefty price to the pecuniary resource after all.
However, what’s giving jitters to officers of the cash-strapped states, that ar currently virtually certain of not obtaining any “special packages” from the Centre, is that the immense burden of expenditure to be run up the exchequers of the 2 Telugu states.
KCR, once a seven-hour-long marathon cupboard meeting on Fri, declared that the present complex of the Telangana state secretariat had serious Vaastu defects that will hamper the prosperity of the newly-carved state and forged the spell of an evil on that.
He has currently known the sprawling premises of presidency TB and Chest Hospital at Erragadda space for building an ultra-modern Vastu-compliant Secretariat complicated to deal with the heads of varied departments conjointly at an calculable price of Rs a hundred and fifty large integer.
“None of these who worked from here (the current building) were happy or prospered. This has serious Vaastu defects,” he said at a press conference. whereas responding to a question on the chance of razing the heritage structure that housed the Chest Hospital, he unknowingly opened a will of worms by saying: “Meaningful heritage is okay. Mindless and meaningless heritage isn’t okay. we’ll follow the law of the land for removing heritage structures.” this can be bound to trigger an argument someday later.
As if to feature a splash of spiritual tolerance and equality of sentiments, KCR said that monks of all religions would supply prayers to chase away evils before usurping the development of latest secretariat, that plans ar virtually complete.
If that wasn’t enough, he listed out a slew of “offerings” the Telangana government would build to meet the “vows”, he created throughout the agitation, to completely different presiding deities, because the Gods “granted the wishes” and helped produce Telangana.
KCR would in person visit Tirumala and supply gold ornaments cost accounting Rs five large integer to Lord Venkateswara to meet the vow. The Telangana government would construct a dormitory at a value of Rs five large integer at Ajmer Dargah to facilitate Telangana pilgrims and KCR would conjointly in person visit and supply the customary ‘chaadar’ at the Dargah.
Nose-studs would be offered to Kanakadurgamma atop Indrakeeladri in Vijayawada, Padmavathi Hindu deity at Tiruchanur, a golden crown to divinity Bhadrakali and golden moustaches to Veerabhadra Swamy, the presiding god at Kuravi.
KCR, WHO had many changes created to the present official residence of the Chief Minister in Begumpet in accordance to Vaastu, stepped in once playing a homam (holy fire) on presumptuous workplace. Now, he’s mulling the concept of entering into the Special Intelligence Bureau (SIB) building that was vacated recently, because the current official residence of the chief minister didn’t appear Vaastu-compliant to him.
N Chandrababu Naidu’ fascination for Vaastu is well-known. He had the most entrance of the Telugu Desam Party state headquarters office restored and repositioned some times. once changing into chief minister, he had the terribly direction of the state secretariat modified to face Hussain Sagar lake.
When the first province was divided, the ‘H’ Block within the erstwhile secretariat was renovated and progressive at a value of many crores of rupees to deal with the office of the chief minister. Naidu, on returning to power once a lengthy gap of 1 full decade, took to Vaastu and had a handful of floors restored at a value of Rs twenty large integer to deal with the CMO within the “L” Block, within the 1/2 secretariat that was assigned to AP.
However, at the recent ‘At Home’, a high-tea hosted by Governor ESL Narasimhan, on Republic Day, KCR told Naidu that even the present CMO that the latter occupied was in resistance of Vaastu postulates. Naidu lost no time in obtaining his pundits performing on that once more.
Though Naidu declared on the ground of the assembly that space in and around Vijayawada was chosen to find the Capital of province, it absolutely was KCR who prevailed upon Naidu, albeit nonchalantly, that the capital ought to be set south of a watercourse course. All capitals that ar set on the southern facet of rivers prospered, KCR averred throughout his tete-a-tete with Naidu throughout the ‘At Home’ on legal holiday last year. This resulted in villages on the banks of the avatar in Guntur district changing into the Capital Region for the residual province.
Taking cue from their leaders, many ministers too ar having their offices restored to satisfy ‘Vaastu’ needs. currently Naidu is totally renovating his residence (own house) within the upscale anniversary Hills space.
Is it a similar Naidu WHO gloats regarding Singapore-type of ultra-modern Capital town and is it a similar KCR who boasts of ITIR (Information Technology Investment Corridor) around Hyderabad.