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Annamayya territory officially began functioning with Madanapalle arsenic its office from Thursday, heralding a important administrative reshuffle, which, astatine the aforesaid time, near its erstwhile headquarters, Rayachoti, suffering from a consciousness of nonaccomplishment and uncertainty.
The reorganisation led to a large redrawing of Assembly constituency boundaries, triggering aggregate reactions from a cross-section of public, political, and authoritative circles.
Spanning implicit 7,951 sq km, the existent Annamayya territory caters to a colonisation of astir 16.9 lakh, with its concentrated agrarian illustration and agriculture being the halfway economical backbone.
As per the contiguous set-up, the territory has 3 gross divisions — Madanapalle, Rayachoti, and Piler — with 25 mandals. The reshuffle resulted successful Rajampeta Assembly constituency moving backmost to Kadapa district, and Railway Kodur to Tirupati district. As a compensatory move, the Punganur Assembly constituency of Chittoor territory has been transferred to Annamayya district.
The determination brought cheer to the authorities officials, who termed it arsenic Madanapalle’s existent elevation, defending its infrastructure readiness and accessibility.
“Madanapalle offers amended roadworthy connectivity, organization capacity, and logistical enactment for district-level governance. This volition construe into faster work delivery,” a elder gross authoritative said.
But successful Rayachoti, the temper is different. Denizens of the municipality that witnessed a existent property roar betwixt 2019-2025 present fearfulness economical and administrative marginalisation.
“Losing the presumption of office comes secondary, but what astir our livelihoods, investments, and identity? Already, overmuch concern was made successful nationalist infrastructure, including authorities offices and acquisition institutions,” said a section traders’ relation leader.
Similarly, advocates, transporters, and tiny businesses interest astir dwindling footfall.
The constituency realignments person further intensified governmental debate. While officials reason that the inclusion of Punganur restores geographical balance, governmental circles observe that the exit of Rajampeta, a politically important segment, weakens Annamayya’s clout.
Meanwhile, with the long-pending request of the radical of Madanapalle for a territory being solved, elder leaders and activists of the NDA parties are successful a jubilant mood, coinciding with the New Year celebrations.
At the aforesaid time, the abrupt improvement of ripping Rayachoti of its territory office presumption came arsenic a large daze to Minister for Transport and Rayachoti MLA M. Ramprasad Reddy. His followers person a pathetic instrumentality that their leader’s outspoken attacks and warring tone against the YSRCP leaders, peculiarly erstwhile Minister Peddireddi Ramachandra Reddy, were not taken into relationship by the enactment leadership.
