Governance all over the place
The Hindu
The hurried demolition of the Telangana secretariat has affected grievance redress mechanisms
In Telangana, people will have to wait some more to get access to the top levels of administration and represent their grievances as the construction of the new secretariat building is unlikely to be completed any time soon. With the current secretariat functioning from a makeshift building, , and the several offices of Ministers and senior bureaucrats situated in different areas of Hyderabad, people have complained that they are unable to represent their grievances to the authorities concerned for timely redress. The restrictions being imposed on entry into the makeshift secretariat are also complicating matters.
In the past, the secretariat was where all Ministers and senior bureaucrats would be present at any given point of time. Their availability ensured that at least some grievances were resolved immediately while the others were noted down for further examination. After the departments were shifted to different locations due to lack of space in the makeshift building, this was no longer the case.