VIJAYAWADA: Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has said a final notification on the reorganisation of districts in the State will be issued on December 31 after duly considering the suggestions and objections received on the draft notification.
It may be noted here that the State government issued a preliminary notification on the district reorganisation on November 27, proposing the creation of three new districts and five new revenue divisions. It has received a total of 927 representations from across the State on the preliminary notification.
Naidu held a review on reorganisation of districts at his camp office on Saturday. Five mandals in Gudur Assembly constituency will be merged back into Nellore district as per suggestions. The proposals to retain Railway Koduru in Tirupati district, Rayachoti in Madanapalle, and Rajampet, Siddavatam and Vontimitta in Kadapa were discussed. However, a final decision on the retention of mandals is yet to be taken.
Considering its vast area, there was consensus on bifurcating Adoni mandal. In Anakapalle district, it was decided to set up Adda Road Junction division in place of Nakkapalli. Munagapaka mandal will be included in Anakapalle division, while Achyutapuram will be brought under the purview of Adda Road. No changes will be made in the proposed Polavaram district with Rampachodavaram as its headquarters.
No change in transfer or merger of certain mandals
The changes in the preliminary notification pertaining to shifting of Nandigam mandal in Srikakulam district from Palasa to Tekkali division, Cheedikada in Anakapalle district from Narsipatnam to Anakapalle, Samarlakota in Kakinada from Kakinada to Peddapuram will remain unchanged.
There will also be no change in transferring Addanki, Ballikurava, Santamaguluru, J Panguluru and Korisapadu mandals from Addanki division to Prakasam district, Marripudi and Ponnaluru from Kanigiri to Kandukur division, and merging them into Prakasam district.
The proposal of transferring five mandals from Kandukur division to Prakasam district, and shifting the remaining two Varikuntapadu and Kondapuram mandals from Kandukur to Kavali division will also be intact.There will be no change in shifting Bangarupalyam mandal from Palamaner division to Chittoor, Chowdepalli and Punganur from Palamaner to Madanapalle, Sadum and Somala from Palamaner to Pileru. Proposals for creation of a new Madakasira division in Sri Sathya Sai dist, merging Amadagur mandal from Kadiri division into Puttaparthi, shifting of Gorantla from Puttaparthi to Penukonda will remain unchanged.