Assam to create sub-districts in all assembly constituencies: Himanta Biswa Sarma

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Assam government will create 'Upa-Jila' (sub-districts) in every assembly constituency for public convenience, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday. Hoisting the National Flag on the occasion of 77th Independence Day here, Sarma also said that the government will take a decision regarding the districts abolished just prior to the start of the delimitation exercise. «We have accepted the delimitation as reality.

To take the constituency reorganisation to a logical conclusion, many things are to be done in the near future,» he added. The state government will start a series of administrative reforms within the next one month, the chief minister said. «We will form one 'Upa-Jila' (sub-district) in every constituency with all the infrastructure.

An Additional Deputy Commissioner will head it. This will be done for public convenience and there will be hardly any need to visit the district headquarters,» he added. Sarma hoped that this administrative reform will end many problems, including agitations for new sub-divisions and districts.

«Regarding the districts that were eliminated before the delimitation, a decision will be taken in the next two months,» he added. On December 31, 2022, the Assam Cabinet had decided to merge four districts with their parents from where they were carved out and made separate districts. Biswanath with Sonitpur, Hojai with Nagaon, Tamulpur with Baksa and Bajali with Barpeta were merged.