Meeting a long-pending demand of the people of Medak, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao today announced that his home district will be trifurcated "very shortly".
After trifurcation, there will be Medak, Sangareddy and Siddipet districts. Also, parts of Jangaon (Warangal district) and Husnabad (Karimnagar) will be merged in would be Siddipet district, he said.
Rao did not specify when the decision will be implemented, but said the three-way split will take place "very shortly".
The Chief Minister was speaking after planting a sapling in the premises of Mandal Praja Parishad Office building at Siddipet in Medak district.
Rao was here to participate in his pet programme 'Telangana ku Haritha Haaram' (an afforestation drive for increasing the green cover of the State).
