Goa, Jan. 11 -- Following Goa's Statehood in 1987, the State operated with North Goa and South Goa districts until December 2025. Under Section 3(1) of the Goa Land Revenue Code, 1968, the government has now created the Kushavati district. Carved from South Goa's hinterland, this new district aims to decentralise governance with a focus on the tribal, forest-rich southern belt.

VITHALDAS HEGDE and SHYAM ZAMBAULIKER report

The formation of Kushavati district aims to bring governance closer to communities that previously depended on Margao for even basic administrative services. The new district comprises Quepem, Sanguem, Dharbandora and Canacona talukas with its headquarters in Quepem. Nearly 27 per cent of the population of these taluka...