Rajasthan’s Dholpur stone for new Telangana Secretariat building

Roads and Buildings Minister Vemula Prashanth Reddy also visited a quarry and workshop in Taalab E Saahi in Dholpur in Rajasthan.

Published: 21st February 2021 08:45 AM  |   Last Updated: 21st February 2021 08:45 AM   |  A+A A-

Raod and Buildings Minister Vemula Prashanth Reddy visited Agra’s Taj Mahal and other places to examine the Dholpur stones used in construction

Raod and Buildings Minister Vemula Prashanth Reddy visited Agra’s Taj Mahal and other places to examine the Dholpur stones used in construction. (Photo | Express)

By Express News Service

HYDERABAD: The State government has decided to use Dholpur stone to construct the new Secretariat complex.

Roads and Buildings Minister Vemula Prashanth Reddy and a battery of officials are touring Delhi and neighbouring cities to visit important structures there which have used Dholpur stones.

​On Saturday, the Minister visited Taj Mahal in Agra and Red Fort in Delhi to examine the rocks used in their construction. 

The Minister also visited a quarry and workshop in Taalab E Saahi in Dholpur in Rajasthan. Roads and Buildings engineer-in-chief I Ganapathi Reddy and representatives of Shapoorji Pallonji Group, which is the contracting agency for the new Secretariat building, too accompanied the Minister. 

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