Snailrsquos pace for revamp works at Gandhi Hill

Vijayawada | Monday | 11th February, 2019

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Vijayawada: Several renovation works at Gandhi Hill are facing inordinate delay. Durga Prasad, secretary of Gandhi Hill Foundation (GHF), said that works are going according to the plan, but it could take another three to four months to be completed.“The entire library is being developed and reconstruction works are currently underway. Initially, the works were scheduled to be completed by January 30, known as Gandhi Martyr’s Day.The officials of tourism department said that tendering process took longer time than expected, thus delaying the initiation of the works. Currently, a lot of works are still in the initial stage. Officials also explained that a walking track would be developed and that the library would be renovated.Gandhi Hill has many firsts to its history, from being the second oldest planetarium after Kolkata’s Birla planetarium..