Chennai: Even as the entire government machinery is dealing with coronavirus combat measures, the Tamilnadu government has kept its promise to the people in and around Mayiladuthurai.
For, it has issued a Government Order formally notifying the formation of the State’s 38th district with Mayiladuthurai as its headquarters. The new district has been created after the bifurcation of Nagapattinam district.
The Order issued by Chief Secretary K Shanmugam said that the Commissioner of Revenue Administration was authorised to take the needed steps for the new district after the completion of the Covid-19 lockdown period.
Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on 24 March announced the creation of a new district in Tamil Nadu by bifurcating Nagapattinam. “The government will be carving out Mayiladuthurai from Nagapattinam,” he had said. Mayiladuthurai will serve as the headquarters of the Mayiladuthurai district.
Making the announcement on the last day of the Tamil Nadu Assembly session in March, Palaniswami said the new district is formed for administrative convenience and to accelerate the public welfare schemes.