Vijayawada: Construction majors L&T and Shapoorji Pallonji have agreed to a price of Rs. 3,350 per sft offered by the Andhra Pradesh government for construction of a temporary secretariat complex at Velagapudi village and complete the works by June 15.

The agreement on the price factor brings to an end the stalemate over the finalisation of contractor for the construction of an Interim Government Complex (temporary Secretariat) of Andhra Pradesh in the state's new capital region Amaravati.

Major offices of AP government will be shifted to the temporary secretariat from Hyderabad, the current common capital of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Officially, however, there has been no confirmation yet from the Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) on the finalisation of the contract. Official sources in the CRDA said the work has been divided into three packages of which two were bagged by L&T and one by Shapoorji.

The temporary Secretariat will come up in a 45-acre area at Velagapudi village with three building blocks (G+1) having an aggregate built-up area of six lakh sft. Of the total 45 acres, 27 acres has been earmarked for the government buildings and the rest for public facilities. While state Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and his Cabinet colleagues have been functioning from the temporary offices here, the various government departments continue to work from Hyderabad.