Chandigarh, June 2: The Punjab Cabinet on Wednesday gave theformal approved for the transformation of the historic town of Malerkotla asthe 23rd district of the State, as earlier announced by Chief Minister CaptainAmarinder Singh.
The Cabinet also gave go-ahead for upgrading Sub-TehsilAmargarh, which was a part of Malerkotla Sub-Division, as Sub-Division/Tehsil.
With this, Malerkotla district would now consist of threeSub-divisions i.e. Malerkotla, Ahmedgarh and Amargarh. As many as 192 villages,62 patwar circles and 6 Kanungo circles will be included in Malerkotladistrict.
The Cabinet authorised the Chief Minister to approve thecreation of new posts for offices of 12 departments viz. Police, RuralDevelopment & Panchayats, Social Justice & Minorities, Agriculture& Farmer Welfare, Social Security and Women & Child Development,Health, Education (Primary & Secondary), Social Security, EmploymentGeneration, Industry & Commerce, Food, Civil Supplies & ConsumerAffairs and Finance.
The Chief Minister had, on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr onMay 14, announced the decision to make Malerkotla a full-fledged district,fulfilling a long-standing demand of the local people. Besides promotingconvenience of residents, the decision has been taken in larger public interestto ensure holistic urban development of Malerkotla, perpetuation of the richheritage of this historic city, and overall socio-economic development of theregion.