Committee to decide on four new districts

Hyderabad, Oct 4 (Agency): Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Tuesday constituted a high-power committee to consider the demand for creating four new districts. The committee will be headed by TRS secretary general and Rajya Sabha member K. Keshava Rao.

The committee also includes Deputy Chief Minister Mohammed Mahmood Ali, ministers Jagdish Reddy, Pocharam Srinivas Reddy and Jogu Ramanna as members. The Chief Minister asked



the committee to submit its report by October 7. The committee will study the demands from public representatives and people for creating four new districts like Jangaon district (from Warangal), Sircilla (Karimnagar), Gadwal (Mahabubnagar) and Asifabad (Adilabad).

It may be recalled that the CM held consultations with party leader from all the districts on Sunday and Monday to seek their opinion on the creation of new districts.