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Tamil Nadu : Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay’s Office Set To Move Out From The Historic Fort St George
Until now, the CM has been functioning from the historic British-era Fort St George. The CMO is being shifted to a modern building owing to space constraints and administrative considerations.
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay’s office will soon be shifted to a spacious one on the 10th floor of the Namakkal Kavignar Maaligai building in the Secretariat complex, a top official said .
The new east-facing office offers a panoramic view of the Bay of Bengal coastline.
Until now, the CM has been functioning from the historic British-era Fort St George. The CMO is being shifted to a modern building owing to space constraints and administrative considerations.
Following orders issued by chief secretary M Sai Kumar, officials of the public works department have initiated an extensive reshuffle within the building to make way for the new Chief Minister’s Office.
Though the CM’s day-to-day operations will be permanently shifted to the new office, he will continue to use the historic chamber at the Fort St George main block for specific official functions, the government said.
The move marks a departure from the tradition of CMs functioning from Fort St George for nearly six decades, with the only exception being between 2010 and 2011, when then Chief Minister M Karunanidhi briefly functioned from the Secretariat at the Omandurar Government Estate, about two kilometres away.