The West Bengal government plans to bifurcate South 24 Parganas, creating new districts of Baruipur, Sundarbans and Diamond Harbour, a top official said on Friday.
Work is being done on a “war footing” to complete the necessary formalities to bifurcate South 24 Parganas, the state’s largest district, into three parts, the official said.
“We are planning to create three new districts — Baruipur, Diamond Harbour and Sundarban — by the end of the year. Once the proposal gets Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s nod, South 24 Parganas — currently stretching from the city to the coastal villages along Bay of Bengal — will cease to exist,” he added.
