K'taka to get 2 new districts

The Karnataka Cabinet has approved the proposal to form two new districts to decentralise administration and reduce the burden on the existing districts.

The two new districts to be carved out are Ramanagaram and Chikkaballapura. Ramanaragam, represented by chief minister HD Kumaraswamy, will be carved out of Bangalore Rural District.

Chikkaballapura, located 52 kilometres from Bangalore, will be carved out of Kolar district.

Karnataka's home and parliamentary Affairs Minister MP Prakash told reporters after the meeting that the formation of the two new districts is in accordance with the district reorganisation plans.

"With this, the number of districts in Karnataka will touch 29 from the existing 27. The government has already made a budgetary allocation of Rs 72.58 crore this fiscal to create the required infrastructure in the two new districts," he added.