Andhra
Pradesh government on Monday revealed a new map of the state after creating 13
new districts, taking the total number to 26. Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan
Reddy launched the new districts via video conferencing at Tadepalli, in the
Guntur district.

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CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy’s government has also reshuffled IAS and IPS
officers and appointed collectors and superintendents of police to the newly
created districts. In January this year, the Andhra Pradesh government had
issued a draft notification for new districts and invited suggestions and
objections from the people of the state.

In
the last three months, it had received 16,600 responses from the people and
those were considered while creating the 13 new districts. The state
administration made recommendations after holding discussions with the people
and public representatives.

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YS
Jagan Mohan Reddy, during the poll campaign for the 2019 assembly elections,
promised that his party, if voted to power, would make every Lok Sabha
constituency a district.

The
state has 25 Lok Sabha seats. A separate district has been created, comprising
tribal areas in East Godavari and Visakhapatnam.

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 “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,” the government said
in a statement.

“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,” it
added.

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Here are the 13 new districts as
named by the Andhra Pradesh government:

•
Manyam district

•
Anakapalli district

•
Alluri Sitarama Raju

•
Kakinada

• Konaseema          

•
Eluru

•
Palnadu

•
Bapatla

•
Nandyal

•
Sri Satya Sai

•
Sri Balaji

•
Annamaya

•
NT Rama Rao