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Official announcement: Chengalpattu and Thenkasi to be new separate districts!

Posted on: 18/Jul/2019 2:16:43 PM
The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E. Palaniswamy announced in the Legislative Assembly today (Thursday, 18th July) that 2 new districts of Chengalpattu and Thenkasi would be formed in Tamil Nadu.

The Chief Minister announced that as per Act 110, Thenkasi would be separated from the district of Thirunelveli and be a new district. Similarly, Chengalpattu would be separated from the Kanchipuram district and form a separate district.

The CM further informed that 2 IAS officials will be appointed for the 2 new districts formed as above.

It may be recalled that there has been an announcement made already that Kallakurichi would be formed as a new district. With that, there are 2 new districts announced today!

Consequently, there are presently 35 districts in the state of Tamil Nadu.