Hyderabad, Dec. 30 -- The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet, chaired by chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, on Monday approved the reorganisation of districts in the state, creating two new districts - Markapuram and Polavaram - thereby raising the total number from 26 to 28.

Briefing reporters after the Cabinet meeting at the state secretariat, revenue minister Anagani Satyaprasad said the reorganisation involved changes in 17 of the existing 26 districts, covering 25 modifications.

"No changes were proposed in Vizianagaram, Parvathipuram Manyam, Visakhapatnam, Eluru, NTR, Krishna, Guntur, Palnadu, and Anantapur districts," he said.

The Cabinet decided to form two new districts - Polavaram, with Rampachodavaram assembly constituency as its headq...