MP govt forms delimitation commission to review boundaries of districts and divisions

Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh government has constituted a new delimitation commission to re-examine the boundaries and number of districts and divisions in the state, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav said.

Madhya Pradesh is the second largest state in the country in terms of area, he noted.

"The districts have increased but there are many anomalies and discrepancies. Some people have to cover long distances to reach the district or divisional headquarters. We have formed a new delimitation commission to overcome such anomalies," Yadav said in a statement.

Through the commission, the government will review the boundaries of district and divisional headquarters and rationalise them for the betterment of people, he said.

A retired officer of the additional chief secretary-level, Manoj Shrivastava, has been given responsibility of the commission, the CM said.

There are several difficulties in big districts like Sagar, Ujjain, Indore and Dhar. "Rationalisation of such districts will take place through the delimitation process," he said.

The state government has redefined the limits of police stations and this decision will be beneficial from the administrative point of view, Yadav said.

He urged the people to submit their suggestions to the commission.