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The Andhra Pradesh State Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, connected Monday approved a broad reorganisation of districts and a realignment of respective mandals, with the revised administrative operation acceptable to travel into unit from December 31.
Explaining the decisions, Revenue, Registration and Stamps Minister Anagani Satya Prasad said the Cabinet undertook elaborate deliberations connected restructuring crossed the State’s 26 districts. Changes were approved successful 17 districts, involving 25 circumstantial adjustments, portion 9 districts Vizianagaram, Parvathipuram Manyam, Visakhapatnam, Eluru, NTR, Krishna, Guntur, Palnadu and Anantapur were near unchanged.
The decisions followed a gazette notification issued connected November 27, 2025, and a month-long nationalist consultation process. Based connected the feedback received, the Cabinet approved the instauration and realignment of mandals and gross divisions wherever required, with the stated nonsubjective of improving administrative efficiency, coordination among departments and entree to nationalist services. As portion of this exercise, Rampachodavaram Assembly constituency was organised nether the recently formed Polavaram district, and Polavaram colony is projected to beryllium upgraded arsenic a gross part successful the future.
Several inter-district and intra-district adjustments were cleared. In Nellore district, the mandals of Kota, Chilakuru and Guduru were aligned with Nellore, portion 2 different mandals were shifted to Tirupati district. Samarlakota mandal was transferred to the Peddapuram gross division, and Mandapeta was placed nether the Rajahmundry jurisdiction. In West Godavari district, Penugonda was renamed Vasavi Penugonda. Addanki Assembly constituency was moved from Bapatla to Prakasam district, and Darshi was included nether the Addanki sub-division wrong Prakasam. A caller Markapuram territory was created by merging the Markapuram, Kanigiri, Eragondapalem and Giddalur areas. Railway Kodur Assembly constituency was incorporated into Tirupati district, portion Rajampet was included successful Kadapa district.
The Cabinet besides addressed the enactment of the Madanapalle district. As Rayachoti Assembly constituency could not beryllium upgraded to a territory connected administrative grounds, Madanapalle was chosen arsenic the territory headquarters, portion Banaganipalle was designated arsenic a sub-division. In Anakapalli district, Adda Road was created arsenic a caller sub-division. It was besides decided to clasp Siddavatam and Vontimitta wrong Kadapa district, portion Madakasira was organised arsenic a abstracted gross division. In Kurnool district, the ample Adoni mandal was bifurcated into Adoni-1 and Adoni-2 to facilitate smoother administration.
With the ceremonial inclusion of the recently constituted Polavaram and Markapuram districts, the full fig of districts successful Andhra Pradesh volition summation to 28.
Officials said the administrative adjustments, peculiarly successful Nellore district, were aimed astatine aligning gross divisions with constabulary sub-divisions to amended coordination, governance and nationalist work delivery. The part of Adoni into 2 mandals was explained arsenic a applicable measurement to code administrative challenges successful areas with a ample fig of villages, with the superior purpose of ensuring quicker entree to authorities services for residents.
