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Amaravati, Oct 28 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday said the reorganization of districts in the state should fulfill the aspirations of the people and provide administrative convenience.
The Chief Minister said that the problems that arose during the formation of new districts by the previous government should be resolved, and new problems should not arise.
Naidu held a review meeting with ministers and officials on the reorganization of districts.
The state government had constituted a seven-member ministerial sub-committee on district reorganization on July 22 this year.
The review meeting held at the state secretariat was attended by Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan and subcommittee ministers Anganai Satya Prasad, P. Narayan, Nadendla Manohar, Satyakumar Yadav, V. Anitha, Nimmala Ramanaidu and BC Janardhana Reddy.
On this occasion, the ministers told the Chief Minister that the preliminary report has been prepared after considering the opinions of the ministers, district collectors, local public representatives and the public.
The sub-committee reportedly proposed the creation of six new districts, taking the total number of districts to 32.
After bifurcation in 2014, only 13 districts were left in divided Andhra Pradesh. The previous YSRCP government doubled this number to 26 in 2022.
The Chief Minister discussed with ministers and senior officials the reorganization of districts to correct the unscientific formation of new districts in the previous government. He discussed the promises made during the elections regarding the reorganization of districts and formation of new revenue divisions.
Recognizing that the wrong decision of the previous Government on formation of new districts had led to regional differences as it did not take into account the aspirations of the people, he asked the Sub-Committee to undertake the reorganization of the districts keeping in mind the delimitation of constituencies. He wanted the revenue divisions to be reorganized separately.
Naidu wanted a study to be conducted on which revenue wards and constituencies people from flood-affected mandals would live in after the completion of the Polavaram project. He said that restructuring should be done accordingly.
The Chief Minister noted that formation of Markapuram district was a long-standing desire of the region. The ministers informed the Chief Minister about the issues under their consideration and the opinion of the concerned sections.
Another meeting will be held next week to further discuss the proposals, Naidu said.
–IANS
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