Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu, today also visited the new secretariat, which he has opened yesterday. He has spent around one hour in the room where he has done the holy rituals yesterday in his chamber. He has examined some files and cleared them. He has also participated in a meeting with ADB Bank and also discussed about Metro Rail.

He has came the second day because pandits told not to have "Dwiteeya Vignam" and told to participate in some programs on the second day also in the secretariat.

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The city administration is all set to have a brand new multistoreyed office building soon, as the Municipal Administration and the Urban Development department of Andhra Pradesh have given administrative sanction for it.

The new headquarters of the Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) will be an eight-storeyed building, including a cellar, and will be constructed at an estimated cost of Rs.32 crore. It will come up in place of the existing building.

In a powerpoint presentation made to mayor Koneru Sridhar in his chambers on Monday, VMC engineering department officials explained that half of the new building, i.e. four floors, will house the VMC administrative and other units, while the remaining four floor will be rented out for commercial purposes. On the occasion, the Mayor asked the officials to complete the tendering process at the earliest and star the works on the building.

The world's biggest solar power generation plant Ultra Mega Solar Park at N.P. Kunta area of Anantapur and Kadapa districts would formally begin generating 200 MW on April 30. The proposed park with the capacity of 1,500 MW on a single piece of land is the biggest solar power generation unit in the world. NTPC is establishing 1,000 MW solar power project and 250 MW will be established in the 1st phase and the balance 750 MW in the second phase.

The megaproject was proposed in an area of 11,528 acres including 7,900 acres in Nambula Pula Kunta (NP. Kunta) mandal in Anantapur district and also 3,603 acres from Galiveedu mandal in Kadapa district. The AP Transco and NEDCAP acquired nearly 7,000 acres in NP Kunta mandal last year. At Galiveedu site, nearly 70% of government land 1738.4 acres was already handed over to APSPCL. PGCIL (Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.) established 400/220 kV Grid Sub-station at NP Kunta for external evacuation. Further, AP Transco has also set up five kms long 220 KV line and pooling substations.

AP Transco has been executing work on behalf of APSPCL. The Ultra Solar Park would generate another 50 MW by August. In the second phase, 750 MWs of solar power is scheduled to be commissioned by 2017 April. The successful taping of solar energy would help to provide power to agriculture during the daytime. The Transco authorities said the mega project would also spend about Rs.15 crore for a period of five years as corporate social responsibility

AP government energy secretary Mr Ajay Jain said that the biggest solar power park in the world would be established in AP After releasing the government's vision document om power supply, he said that 4,000 mega watt solar power would be generated from plants being setup in Anantapur, Kadapa and Kurnool.

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It is known that Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu has inaugurated Secretariat Complex in Velagapudi at 4.01 AM today.

On this occasion government has shown its kind gesture towards the farmers who have sacrificed their lands for the dream capital. Government has selected Tullur Mandal Praja Parishad (MPP) Smt.V Padmalatha on behalf of all the farmers of capital region. She has performed all the rituals in the house warming ceremony like "Paalu Pongainchatam" "Making Payasam" etc... She has done all these with AP Mahila Ministers Peetala Sujata, Paritals Sunitha and other local leaders. Later Chief Minister has gifted her by giving new clothes.

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