Hyderabad, Nov. 7 -- The Telangana government on Thursday urged the Centre and the Andhra Pradesh government to restore five gram-panchayats adjoining the temple town of Bhadrachalam back to Telangana in view of their "deep historical, religious, tribal welfare and administrative significance."

In separate letters written to Union home minister Amit Shah and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, Telangana state agriculture minister Tummala Nageshwar Rao said during the reorganisation of the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh in 2014, Bhadrachalam town was retained in Telangana, while five adjoining gram panchayats - Yatapaka, Kannaigudem, Pichukalapadu, Purushothapatnam and Gundala - (comprising 17 revenue villages) were attached to A...