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Andhra Pradesh to have 13 new districts from tomorrow

Andhra chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, during the poll campaign for the 2019 Assembly elections, had promised that his party, if voted to power, would make every Lok Sabha constituency as a district

|Apr 03, 2022, 14:37:15 IST

Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh government has issued a gazette notification carving out 26 districts out of the existing 13.All the new districts would come into being from April 4 (Monday), the gazette issued on Saturday night said.Soon after notification was issued, the Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy-led YSR Congress government reshuffled IAS and IPS officers and appointed collectors and Superintendents of Police to the newly-created districts.The state government, in January, had issued a draft notification to carve out 26 districts from the existing 13 and invited suggestions and objections.Reddy, during the poll campaign for the 2019 Assembly elections, promised that his party, if voted to power, would make every Lok Sabha constituency as a district.The state has 25 Lok Sabha seats. One district was additionally created carving out the tribal areas in East Godavari and Visakhapatnam.Read all the Latest News, Trending News, Cricket News, Bollywood News, India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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