V'wada City to be divided into three mandals

Vijayawada is going to be divided into three mandals soon. The state government after elaborate study is about to issue orders to this effect, it is learnt.

 As the Census work is going on in the district, the proposal would come into effect from July. The new move would ease the burden on lone mandal officer as the city population crossed 10 lakh mark. Though there are three Assembly segments in the city,  Bhavanipuram, Patamata and Vijayawada Central  but there is only one mandal. 

It has been a long-pending demand of having one mandal for each Assembly segment for the convenience of the administration. At present there are 15 mandals under Vijayawada division. Besides having three mandals in the city, Jaggaiahpet would be divided into two mandals and Machilipatnam would be divided as Machilipatnam Urban and Rual mandals. The government rejected the proposal of the officials to carve out a separate Nadigama revenue division, it is reliably learnt.