Hyderabad:The Office of the Prime Minister has responded to a city-based petitioner who sent 1,000 signatures protesting new Secretariat at the Bison Polo Ground. The PMO in its reply dated February 7, 2018 to the Chief Secretary of Telangana has requested him to take action as appropriate.
The petition said, “55 acres of history, and most importantly the environment, is under threat after K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) wants to build a new Secretariat at the Bison Polo and Gymkhana Grounds. Citing ‘Vaastu’ reasons, he wishes to vacate the existing Secretariat. Let us request him to drop the idea of building a concrete jungle by cutting down thousands of trees.’
The response from the PMO to the Telangana Chief Secretary, with a copy to the petitioners, said, “I am desired to forward herewith a letter of oral representation dated November 6, 2017, received in this office from Ms. Gulshan G Bamboat and others for action as appropriate.
“Reply may be sent to the petitioner and a copy of the same may be uploaded on the portal.”
The petitioner, Gulshan G Bamboat, told Deccan Chronicle, “Several individuals worked on collecting the signatures across Secunderabad. I have sent over 1,000 signatures, in 10 sets of 100 each, through many weeks. My first post was on November 29, 2017 and the last was on February 5, 2018, and there are 400 more to go. I have posted the letters to the Prime Minister's residence. I received the letter (from the PMO) on Saturday and we are yet to be contacted by the TS Chief Secretary's office. We hope there is some move by the government.”
