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Tamil Nadu: Vellore to be split into two districts and a taluka, says CM Edappadi Palaniswami

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Thursday announced that Vellore district would be trifurcated, and promised that his administration would pursue the two-language formula, PTI reported. The chief minister said two new districts – Ranipet and Tirupattur – would be carved out of Vellore while KV Kuppam would be turned into a new taluka.

Vellore will continue to be a separate district, Palaniswamy said in his Independence Day address after hoisting the Tricolour at Fort St George in Chennai. The decision was taken for administrative reasons and was pushed by ministers, MLAs and the public, The Hindu quoted the chief minister as saying.

After the trifurcation, the state will have 37 districts. Vellore is one of the largest districts in Tamil Nadu. It has 13 Assembly constituencies, and is divided between Vellore, Arakkonam and Tiruvannamalai Lok Sabha constituencies, according to The News Minute

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The government’s move will benefit the residents of Ranipet and Tirupattur, who now don’t need to trave long distancest to the district collector’s office. At the moment, residents of Tirupattur have to travel 92 km to visit the collector’s office while those living in Ranipet need to travel 26 km.

A number of new districts have been created since January. Kallakurchi, carved out of Villupuram, was declared the state’s 33rd...

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