00:00Chief Minister Vijay to move secretariat from 17th century fort.
00:04We're learning that a TVK government contemplating to build new secretariat.
00:10Three locations identified with one close to Chief Minister residence.
00:15One location identified close to Rajpavan.
00:19Plan awaiting final mort.
00:20Will Chief Minister Vijay succeed in attempt failed by Karnanidhi and Jaya?
00:26AIDMK hits out at Vijay over the new secretariat.
00:30AIDMK slams publicity over welfare for the TVK government.
00:35And AIDMK says that Treasury is empty but new secretariat is the priority of the government.
00:42AIDMK has also said that offers near residence for convenience.
00:46So those are the attacks by the opposition AIDMK against the TVK government
00:50over talks for new secretariat.
00:53For Kamal Dao to Chief Minister Vijay, we're learning that Chief Minister Vijay could move
00:59to new secretariat from the 17th century fort.
01:03And the TMK government is contemplating to build a new secretariat.
01:07Three locations have already been identified with one which is very close to the Chief Minister's
01:11residence.
01:12And that is what the AIDMK is attacking on.
01:15That welfare is not the TVK government's priority.
01:19The Treasury is empty.
01:21And their priority is shifting the secretariat closer to the Chief Minister's residence for
01:27his convenience.
01:33We're standing in front of the Namakal Kavindar Maliki, which is inside the secretariat of
01:39Tamil Nadu.
01:39And when it comes to construction of a new secretariat for the state, it ends up in controversy.
01:44In fact, former Chief Minister Jair Alida, considering that this is a kind of congestion the Tamil Nadu
01:49secretariat is facing, decided to go ahead and construct a new one.
01:53But that plan was dropped after massive students' protests and politicians' protests.
01:58However, Karuna Nidhi, the former Chief Minister, was at least successful in constructing a new
02:03building, but that, after DMK lost power and AIDMK came to power, Jair Alida converted that
02:09particular building into a super-specialty hospital, making Tamil Nadu not having any new
02:15secretariat.
02:16And since then, for almost a decade or more than that, this is the condition of the place
02:22over here.
02:23This is the old secretariat's area, where you could also see that there is absolute congestion
02:28and every day this has been the situation over here.
02:31So, the bigger question is, will Tamil Nadu get a new secretariat?
02:36The Chief Minister's office could be moved to this particular place, the 10th floor in
02:40this particular building.
02:41But what about the expansion?
02:43And finally, after decades or so, this is inside a 17th century fort, Fort St. George.
02:50Now, after several decades, will Tamil Nadu get a new secretariat is the biggest question
02:57that is being put forward.
02:59The choice of shifting secretariat to three new locations clearly rises a question whether
03:09this DBK government, which has come to power, is welfare-centric, people-centric or publicity-centric.
03:17The answer is, it is publicity-centric, because all the three locations chosen would be for
03:23a convenient to Mr. Vijay to travel from his residence, rather than serving the need and
03:28purpose of the new secretariat.
03:31Already, they claim that the Treasury is empty.
03:35Now, trying to venture into those areas where there will be a bigger ticket budget that would
03:40be required, clearly indicates that this government has pushed the welfare of the people into the
03:47bottom-most list of their priority.
03:49And their priority has become more into publicity and reels.
03:54And my colleague, Pramod Madhav, is now joining us on this story.
03:57Pramod, a very good morning to you.
03:59So, what prompted the TVK government to MUL moving to a new place, moving the secretariat to a new location?
04:06Pramod Madhav, the important aspect over here is that when it comes to Tamil Nadu and the battle
04:10over creating a new secretariat, both Jelta and Karnanadi, the former chief ministers, were not able to
04:15successfully do so.
04:16So, will the Vijay to go ahead and the chief minister be able to create one itself is a very
04:20big question.
04:21However, for now, the office of the chief minister is being moved to a new building from the heritage building.
04:26And now, our sources claim that there are three locations that have been identified.
04:29But the important aspect here seems to be that the main concern of the government would be to make it
04:34such a format
04:35that it will be much, you know, maximum convenience for the people.
04:38So, the actual location is yet to be identified.
04:40But very clearly, our sources indicate that there are plans to actually move the kind of a battle that's been
04:48happening for nearly three decades.
04:50And finally, TVK, as also the TVK government, also looks like it wants to join this particular issue.
04:55Unfortunately, when it comes to Tamil Nadu, the creation of a new secretariat has always ended up
04:59in a controversy, aren't they?
05:01All right, Pramo, thank you for those details.
05:04In fact, what we're also learning is that some locations have reportedly been finalized.
05:11And these locations include Gindi, the highway research station campus, which is approximately
05:1635 acres.
05:17Then there's also another location, Pattina Pakkam, which is an area exceeding 20 acres.
05:22And Anandam Pakkam, a site opposite the FinTech city, which is approximately over 20 acres.
05:28So, these are some of the places where the new secretariat construction is possible.
