The state government, which boasts of promoting Information Technology in Andhra Pradesh on a large scale, was left red-faced on Monday after the main server at the Secretariat crashed and remained non-functional for over 8 hours.
This was seen as a huge embarrassment for the government, as many important files and decision were affected at the seat of administration of the state.
The problem, which cropped up in the morning, continued for 8 hours, and could not be rectified by the team of experts, thus causing a lot of inconvenience to media and other officials.
On account of this, many personnel were seen moving from on computer to the other, hoping to find one which could help them complete urgent tasks.
Whoever filed reports was surprised to see them vanishing from the computer screens, while officials seemed to be helpless.