An artist’s impression of the proposed five towers designed by the APCRDA at Palavagu in Amaravati.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will relaunch the works on construction of the capital city of Amaravati on May 2, and they include five towers coming up in the Integrated Amaravati Government Complex at Palavagu.
The five towers will house the General Administration Department (GAD), the Andhra Pradesh State Secretariat, and the Head of Department (HoD) offices.
The Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (APCRDA) has already invited tenders in three packages for construction of the five towers.
It is estimated that the GAD tower costs ₹844 crore. While the cost of towers 1 and 2 is put at ₹1,423 crore, the cost of towers 3 and 4 is estimated to be ₹1,247 crore.
These buildings are designed in a way that the HoD offices and the Secretariat (around 145 departments) co-exist to bring efficiency in their functioning. They will have office spaces, a variety of amenities and basement parking.
The proposed Secretariat and HoD buildings will have sufficient office spaces (chambers, open offices etc.), conference facilities, podiums, and common amenities for the staff.
According to the documents provided by the APCRDA, four towers will have Basement + Ground + 39 floors, while the GAD tower, the tallest on the southwest, will have B + G + 49 floors. The total site area is 32 acres. Each floor has a built-up area of 2,209 sq. m and carpet or floor area of 1,200 sq. m. The towers together will have a built-up area of approximately 4,85,000 sq m.
Parking is proposed in the basement of each tower in approximately 1,05,000 sq m. The entire ‘massing of buildings’ is spread over 900 metres in length and 139 metres in width, equally distributed on both sides of Palavagu.
“The tower locations and massing of buildings have been finalised keeping in view the Legislature building and symmetry, with two towers on the north and three towers on the south of Palavagu,” according to the building plan.
Three packages
The construction of the integrated complex is proposed to be executed in two stages — structure, and services and interiors.
Stage one is envisaged to be executed in three packages for speedy completion of the project. The GAD tower and the corresponding amenity blocks and basement is proposed to be executed in Package-I. The other two towers on the south of Palavagu and the corresponding amenity blocks and basements are proposed to be executed in Package-II. The two towers on the north of Palavagu and the corresponding amenity blocks and basements are proposed to be executed in Package-III.
Tenders have been invited for execution of the structural works, amenity blocks, stilt areas and basements, raft foundations, waterproofing, deck sheet flooring and other works.
Published – April 25, 2025 07:08 pm IST