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Tirupati territory has taken Railway Kodur into its fold from erstwhile Annamayya district, portion shedding a chunk of Gudur constituency, which has present merged with its genitor territory SPSR Nellore district.
The elaborate territory reorganisation workout has not lone reshaped the eastbound Rayalaseema districts, but besides undone the anomalies near down by the akin workout taken up successful 2022.
Though the thought was to carve retired districts connected the lines of the existing parliamentary constituencies, the process besides took enactment of a mandal’s region to the territory headquarters. Gudur has ever been considered an integral portion of Nellore, successful presumption of region arsenic good arsenic culture, and hence the authorities merged it backmost to SPSR Nellore district.
Meanwhile, the Venkatagiri constituency, primitively portion of SPSR Nellore, was made a portion of Tirupati aft 2022. Kaluvoya, Rapur and Saidapuram mandals successful the constituency, which are geographically adjacent to Nellore, were remerged to their genitor district, citing administrative convenience.
Kodur successful Tirupati
While Tirupati territory shed parts of 2 large constituencies, Railway Kodur constituency from Annamayya territory has present been added to it. Being conscionable 55 km away, Railway Kodur ever enjoyed a taste sync with Tirupati, erstwhile compared to Annamayya (after 2022) oregon Kadapa (before 2022). The residents took retired a procession expressing joyousness implicit the merger with Tirupati district.
Similarly, the demerger of Rajampeta from Annamayya and its merger to the adjoining Kadapa territory has been welcomed by the residents, who had staged demonstrations for the same.
Annamayya reduced
With the merger of Rajampeta to Kadapa and Railway Kodur to Tirupati, the size of Annamayya territory has reduced. The territory office has besides been moved to Madanapalle, making Rayachoti conscionable a gross divisional headquarters.
As some Madanapalle and Rajampeta were traditionally ample gross divisions headed by Sub-Collectors since decades, the thought of choosing an allegedly under-developed and far-flung Rayachoti for the territory office successful 2022 had travel nether crisp criticism. Residents of Madanapalle, meanwhile, consciousness that the anomaly present stands corrected.
