Hyderabad: Telangana
will have 17 more districts as the government on Monday took the first step for
reorganisation of districts.
The state, which came into being in 2014, currently has 10
districts, including state capital Hyderabad.
The government issued a draft notification for formation of new
districts.
Deputy Chief Minister Mohammed Mahmood Ali told the media that 15
new revenue divisions and 46 new ‘mandals’ were also proposed to be created.
Ali, who holds revenue portfolio, said this will take the total
number of revenue divisions to 60 and of ‘mandals’ to 505.
The government has sought people’s views on the draft
notification. A special website has been launched to enable people to give
their suggestions over next one month.
Ali said Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar
Rao will call an all-party meeting to elicit views of various parties on
draft notification before issuing the final notification.
The chief minister has announced that new districts will formally
come into existence from Dussehra.
The proposed new districts are Acharya Jayashankar, Hanamkonda, Jagtial,
Kamareddy, Komaram Bheem, Kothagudem, Mahabubabad, Malkajgiri, Nagarkurnool,
Nirmal, Peddapally, Sangareddy, Shamshabad, Siddipet, Suryapet, Wanaparthy and
Yadadri.
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