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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has approved the instauration of 3 caller districts, Polavaram, Markapuram and Madanapalle, taking the full fig of districts successful the State from 26 to 29. The determination follows a elaborate reappraisal of the recommendations submitted by the Ministers’ Committee during a gathering held astatine the Secretariat successful Amaravati connected Tuesday.
The Chief Minister besides approved the enactment of 5 caller gross divisions and a caller mandal, on with respective changes to existing boundaries. Additionally, Penugonda mandal successful West Godavari territory volition henceforth beryllium known arsenic Vasavi Penugonda.
According to the caller administrative blueprint, the projected Polavaram territory volition person Rampachodavaram arsenic its office and volition dwell of the Rampachodavaram and Chintoor gross divisions, covering a colonisation of 3.49 lakh. Markapuram territory volition beryllium formed by merging the Markapuram and Kanigiri gross divisions, with a full colonisation of 11.42 lakh. Madanapalle territory volition beryllium created with the Madanapalle and Pileru gross divisions, comprising 11.05 lakh people.
As portion of the administrative restructuring, caller gross divisions volition beryllium established astatine Nakkapalli successful Anakapalli district, Addanki successful the reorganised Prakasam district, Pileru successful the caller Madanapalle district, Banaganapalle successful Nandyal territory and Madakasira successful Sri Sathya Sai district. A caller mandal, Pedda Harivanam, volition beryllium carved retired of Adoni mandal successful Kurnool district.
Changes successful jurisdiction
The authorities has besides approved changes successful jurisdiction crossed aggregate districts, including shifting mandals betwixt gross divisions and reorganising Assembly segments to streamline governance. Several mandals successful Srikakulam, Anakapalli, Kakinada, Konaseema, West Godavari, Bapatla, Prakasam, Nellore, Chittoor, Kadapa, Sri Sathya Sai and Nandyal districts volition present autumn nether revised gross setups. The Addanki Assembly constituency volition beryllium merged with Prakasam district, and a caller Addanki gross part volition beryllium created by combining mandals from Addanki and Darsi segments.
The Ministers’ Committee confirmed that 9 districts — Vizianagaram, Parvathipuram Manyam, Visakhapatnam, Eluru, Krishna, NTR, Guntur, Palnadu and Anantapur — volition stay unchanged.
The proposals cleared by the Chief Minister volition beryllium placed earlier the adjacent Cabinet meeting. After the Cabinet approval, an authoritative notification volition beryllium issued to formalise the caller districts and gross divisions.
