Telangana, Andhra Pradesh set to formally divide New Delhi-based assets
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New Delhi: Eleven years after the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, the two states of Telangana and Andhra are set to formally divide the assets in New Delhi and initiate the process of building two separate bhawans.According to sources, chief secretaries will sign on the dotted line soon to divide land and properties between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. A senior Andhra Pradesh government official confirmed to ET that the state has received a letter from the home ministry formalising this division. The united Andhra Pradesh owned 19.776 acres of land in Delhi, which included Andhra Bhawan at 1 Ashoka Road and land in Pataudi House. This has now been divided, with 11.536 acres of land allocated to Andhra Pradesh and 8.24 acres to Telangana. The biggest bone of contention was the allocation of different blocks in Andhra Bhawan. Both the states had insisted on getting Godavari and Sabari blocks, which are on contiguous parcels of land inside Andhra Bhawan complex. However, in the final division of assets, Sabari block has gone to Telangana and Godavari and Swarna Mukhi blocks to Andhra Pradesh. Both the states have got one parcel each in Pataudi House.The assets have been divided as per the 58:42 population ratio spelt out in Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act , with 58% going to Andhra and 42% to Telangana. With this division, the state governments will embark on the exercise of constructing their respective bhawans. According to sources, Telangana had initiated the design process over 18 months ago but has not finalised it. A similar exercise had been initiated by Andhra Pradesh, but sources indicated that chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu did not approve the design. "The design process will be initiated again," said the official. The present Andhra Bhawan is an old building and is likely to give way to two new ones.United Andhra Pradesh owned such vast land in the heart of Delhi as the Nizam of Hyderabad had obtained 18.18 acres from the Government of India in 1917, 1928 and 1936 on payment. On this, Hyderabad House was established. Later, NT Rama Rao government gave Hyderabad House to the Centre in lieu of which Andhra Pradesh received land on 1 Ashoka Road, 7.56 acres Pataudi House and 1.21 acres in Nursing Hostel close by.
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