Chhattisgarh To Have 4 New Districts: Chief Minister

The four new districts will take the total number of administrative districts in the state to 32.

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Sunday greeted people on the country's 75th Independence Day and announced the creation of four new districts in the state as well as the development of parks exclusively for women in all districts of the state. The CM also said that steps taken to curb the Naxal menace in the state were "showing encouraging results". "Taking the process of decentralisation further, four new districts will be created - namely Mohla-Manpur, Sakti, Sarangarh-Bilaigarh and Manendragarh, while 18 new tehsils will also be formed," Mr Baghel said addressing an Independence Day function at the police parade ground in Ripur. The four new districts will take the total number of administrative districts in the state to 32.