The state of Telangana may have 21 new districts instead of the proposed 17 as the state government has agreed to consider the demand for four more districts. The chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao also has appointed a committee to look into the divison of districts in the state and point made was that people should be happy.
Conceding demands from various regions, Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao decided to consider the demands for three districts – Jangaon in existing Warangal district, Sircilla in Karimnagar and Gadwal in Mahabubnagar.
The chief minister directed officials to study the proposal of creating another district in existing Adilabad with Asifabad as the headquarter. Thus Adilabad is proposed to be divided into four districts.
This will take the total number of districts in the country’s youngest state to 31. The new districts will come into existence from Dussehra.
KCR took the decision after consultations with leaders of Adilabad, Khammam, Warangal, Karimnagar and Hyderabad.
The government had last month issued draft notification for creating 17 new districts and had sought suggestions from people. With large number of representations being received for additional districts, the government decided to increase the number.
The chief minister accepted the growing demand for creating a district in the existing Karimnagar district with Sircilla as the headquarter. This district will be named as Rajanna.
It was also decided to name proposed Kottagudem district in existing Khammam district as Bhadradri Kottagudem.
The Chief Minister also decided to retain name of existing Mahabubnagar district. With creation of Gadwal, Mahabubnagar will be divided into four districts.
Jangaon will take the number of total districts to be created in Warangal to five. Karimnagar will be split into four districts, Medak, Ranga Reddy and Nalgonda into three each and Khammam and Nizamabad into two each. Hyderabad district will be retained as it is.
There is also a demand from the BJP leaders that instead of making Hyderabad and Hyderabad -1, the second Hyderabad should be renamed as Bhagyanagar. Why two districts in the name of Hyder, one can be changed they suggested.
