As part of administrative reforms to make the administration more accessible to people, the Telangana government has decided to create 13 new mandals in the state. The decision was taken due to the demands of local people and their necessities. Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar furnished orders to this effect.
Two mandals Gundumal and Kothapalle have been created in Narayanpet district. A new mandal, named Dudyal has been created in Vikarabad district. Mahabubnagar district will have a new mandal Koukuntla. Aloor, Donkeshwar and Saloora are the new mandals added in Nizamabad district.
Mahabubabad district gets Seerole mandal and the other new mandals are Gattuppal (Nalgonda), Nizampet (Sangareddy), Dongli (Kamareddy) and Endapally and Bheemaram.
However, the creation of new mandals is a continuation of the process of reorganisation of districts, revenue divisions and mandals started post the formation of Telangana in 2014. Now, the total number of mandals in Telangana reached to 607 with the reorganisation of 13 mandals in the state.