Bengal to carve out seven new districts
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West Bengal is set to get seven new districts with the cabinet giving its nod to the proposal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Monday.
The new districts -- Berhampore, Kandi, Sunderbans, Bashirhat, Ichamati, Ranaghat and Bishnupur -- will take the total number to 30.
''The state cabinet okayed the proposal today,” Banerjee told reporters here.
''The decision was taken to ensure smooth administrative operations,'' a senior official of the state government said.
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