The West Bengal cabinet has approved the creation of 7 new districts in the state, CM Mamata Banerjee stated on Monday (August 1). This will take the quantity of districts in West Bengal to 30 from the current 23.
The Chief Minister informed a press conference that a new Sundarban district will be carved out of South 24-Parganas district; two new districts will be created out of North 24-Parganas district — Ichhamati in Bongaon subdivision and a yet unnamed district in Basirhat; Ranaghat, a metropolis and municipality in Nadia district, will become the fourth new district; a new district of Bishnupur will be carved out of the current Bankura district; and two new districts of Baharampur and Jangipur will be created out of Murshidabad district.
