Assam: District status of Biswanath, Hojai, Tamulpur and Bajali restored; 81 new sub-districts created

GUWAHATI, Aug 25: Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma today announced his Government’s decision to restore the status of Biswanath, Hojai, Tamulpur and Bajali as full-fledged districts. He, thereby, kept the promise he made on Dec 31 last year when these districts were merged with their parent districts owing to the delimitation exercise.

The decision was taken during the 100^th cabinet meeting of the Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma-led State Government held at the Brahmaputra Guest House today.

The geographical boundaries of these four newly-announced districts have been freshly demarcated and will be somewhat different to what it had been when they last held district status.

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Meanwhile, the cabinet also decided to abolish all sub-divisions and instead create 81 sub-districts which will each be headed by an Additional District Commissioner (ADC). Besides other districts, Guwahati, too, will have four sub-districts — Dispur, Dimoria, New Guwahati and Jalukbari.

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