State govt notifies Mayiladuthurai district’s formation

TNN | Apr 8, 2020, 04.30 AM IST

Trichy: The state government has issued an order notifying the formation of Mayiladuthurai district with Mayiladuthurai as capital here on Tuesday.

The order has been issued based on an announcement made by chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami in the Assembly under rule number 110 on March 24.

As proposals received from the principal secretary, commissioner of revenue administration in this regard, a formal order has been issued stating the formation of Mayiladuthurai as the 38th district of the state by bifurcating Nagapattinam district. Bifurcation of the town was a long pending demand of people of Mayiladuthurai.

The chief minister had promised to create a new district during the inauguration of the government medical college in Nagapattinam.