With the formation of new districts, Telangana's map was redrawn on Tuesday with the creation of 21 new districts.
On the eve of Dasara, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) government gifted people the new districts with an aim to improve administration at the grassroots level.
With the astrologers setting an auspicious time, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao formally inaugurated Siddipet district at 11:13 am. Siddipet is the home district of the Chief Minister and carved out of Medak district. Before unveiling the plaque, Mr Rao unfurled the national flag and performed religious rituals.
Simultaneously, 20 other new districts were also inaugurated by his cabinet colleagues. Telangana, which has a population of 3.5 crore, was carved out of Andhra Pradesh and it came into existence as India's 29th state on June 2, 2014.
Telangana Assembly speaker S Madhusudhana Chary inaugurated Jayashankar district while Council Chairman K Swamy Goud launched Jangaon district. Both these districts are being carved out of existing Warangal district.
Deputy Chief Minister Kadiam Srihari inaugurated Warangal Rural. Another Deputy Chief Minister Mohammed Mahamood Ali inaugurated Jagitial district, created out of existing Karimnagar district.
Sixteen other districts inaugurated on Tuesday were; Yadadri, Peddapally, Kamareddy, Medak, Mancherial, Vikarabad, Rajanna, Asifabad, Suryapet, Kothagudem, Nirmal, Wanaparthy, Nagarkurnool, Mahabubabad, Jogulamba and Medchal (Malkajgiri).
The existing 10 districts were split into three or four districts in Hyderabad. The government has also created 25 new revenue divisions, 125 new mandals, four new police commissionerates, 23 new police subdivisions, 28 new circles and 91 police stations.
The Chief Minister's reorganization of districts was another step towards sustainable development and creation of golden Telangana.
He claimed that “the move will help in effective monitoring and implementation of welfare schemes. He said the officials will be able to pay attention to the development of each and every poor family. Opposition parties have criticized the government for reorganizing the districts in an 'unscientific' manner. Congress party's Telangana unit President Uttam Kumar Reddy said the government carried out the process in an irrational and unilateral manner.”
BY M. DIVYA SRI
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