As expected, the Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy government in Andhra Pradesh reorganised the existing 13 districts of the state into 26 districts.
The gazette notification to this effect was issued around Tuesday midnight, hours after it was formally approved by the state cabinet chaired by the chief minister online. Apparently, the chief minister wanted the formation of new districts to be announced on the Republic Day.
As announced earlier by Jagan Mohan Reddy, there would be one district for each Parliamentary constituency. However, Araku parliamentary constituency being the largest, it was divided into two districts.
So, instead of 25 districts for 25 parliamentary constituencies, there will now be 26 districts. The divided districts were named not necessarily with their parliamentary constituencies’ names, but were given different names.
The new districts and their district headquarters are as follows:
1. Srikakulam: Srikakulam
2. Vizianagaram: Vizianagaram
3. Manyam: Parvathipuram
4. Alluri Sitharama Raju: Paderu
5. Visakhapatnam: Visakhapatnam
6. Anakapalli: Anakapalli
7. Kakinada: Kakinada
8. Kona Seema: Amalapuram
9. East Godavari: Rajamahendravaram
10. West Godavari: Bheemavaram
11. Eluru: Eluru
12. Krishna: Machilipatnam
13. NTR: Vijayawada
14. Guntur: Guntur
15. Bapatla: Bapatla
16. Palnadu: Narsaraopeta
17. Prakasam: Ongole
18. SPS Nellore: Nellore
19. Kurnool: Kurnool
20. Nandyal Nandyal
21. Ananthapuram: Ananthapuram
22. Sri Satyasai: Puttaparthy
23. YSR Kadapa: Kadapa
24. Annamayya: Rayachoty
25. Chittoor: Chittoor
26. Sri Balaji: Tirupati
