Hyderabad, Aug. 12 -- The Telangana government today passed an order to finalize the reorganisation of Warangal (Urban) and Warangal (rural) districts Hanumkonda and Warangal districts. The decision was announced earlier, after which a notification for the same had been published in July.

As per the previous notification, the new Hanumkonda district will comprise Hanamkonda and Prakal revenue divisions. The district will have a total of 12 mandals. Warangal West will continue as the district headquarter of Hanamkonda district.

KCR, during his visit to Warangal and Hanamkonda on June 12 to participate in various programmes had announced that the two districts will be renamed. As part of the reorganisation of districts in 2016 by the KCR-...