The new Eluru district was inaugurated on April 4 while Bhimavaram was made the new headquarters of West Godavari district.
West Godavari district will now have two Revenue divisions—Bhimavaram and Narsapuram—and 19 mandals.
Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council Chairman Koyye Moshen Raju, Housing Minister Cherukuwada Sri Ranganadha Raju, Bhimavaram MLA Grandhi, Tadepalligudem MLA Kottu Satyanarayana, Srinivas, West Godavari Collector P. Prasanthi, Superintendent of Police U. Ravi Prakash and other officers participated in the inaugural function.
Earlier, the Ministers and officials visited Bhimavaram and reviewed the arrangements for the launch of the Collector’s office. “The district began functioning with about 50 departments,” authorities said.
Eluru district, carved out of West Godavari, has Eluru town as its headquarters. The new district will have three Revenue divisions—Jangareddygudem, Eluru and Nuzvid— and 28 mandals.
MLAs Tellam Balaraju, Kotari Abbaiah Chowdary, R. Eliza, Puppala Srinivas Rao, Dulam Nageswara Rao, Meka Venkata Pratap Appa Rao, Collector V. Prasanna Venkatesh, Eluru district Superintendent of Police(SP) Rahul Dev Sharma and other officers were present.
The public representatives thanked the Chief Minister for creating the new districts, thus paving the way for development.
