Andhra Pradesh:Jagan Reddy govt forms 13 new districts

Andhra Pradesh will have 26 districts. Chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Monday launched 13 new districts via video conferencing at Tadepalli, in Guntur district. The Andhra Pradesh (AP) government added 13 new districts in the state under the AP Districts Formation Act, Section 3(5). He also releaded new map of districts. YS Jagan Mohan Reddy launched 13 new districts via video conferencing at Tadepalli, in Guntur district. The names of the existing 13 districts include Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, East Godavari, West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur, Prakasam, Nellore, Anantapuram, Kadapa, Kurnool and Chittoor. 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. In a statement, the government said, “With the formation of smaller districts – distance from the district centre to remote and border villages will be reduced… District administration will come closer to the people… Increased accountability as the Government comes closer to people.” It further said: “District Police Officers and all the other Government Departments including their camp offices will be in the same premises, thus doing away with the hassle of people travelling miles together for their work in different Government offices.”