Govt. plans to bifurcate Ballari to create new district

  • Karnataka is set to get a new district after nearly a decade, taking the state’s total to 31.
 
  • The BJP government is planning to carve out six of the 11 taluks of Ballari district into a new district —Vijayanagara.
 
  • A delegation lead by Anand Singh, one of the 17 disqualified MLAs had met Mr Yediyurappa and urged him to create a separate Vijayanagara district by bifurcating Ballari.
 
  • Some parts of the Ballari district were about 200 km away from the present hedquarters which the Chief Minister said causes inconvenience to farmers and comman man.
 
  • Sources said the move is a bid to placate Anand Singh and other MLAs who are key to the BJP government’s continuance.
 
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