
New district will pave way for focussed enforcement on LWE
The Hindu
ASR district, to be carved out of Visakhapatnam, will get more funds for growth
Though the carving out of new districts in Andhra Pradesh has been drawing mixed reactions, the mood in the camps of the security forces engaged in anti-Maoist operations is upbeat.
They feel that the carving out of Alluri Sitharamaraju (ASR) district is a strategic move to tackle the left wing extremists.
The new district is proposed to be carved out of Visakhapatnam district and contains all the 11 Maoist-infested mandals in the Visakha Agency and 11 mandals from East Godavari, which have a Maoist presence.

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