The state government has initiated steps to create 43 new taluks in the state as announced in the budget of 2013-14, V Srinivas Prasad, minister for revenue said in a written reply in the state legislative assembly on Monday.
Proposed new taluks are: Guledagudda, Rabakavi, Banahatti and Ilkal in Bagalkote district; Nippani, Mudalagi, Kagawad in Belagavi district, Hanuru in Chamarajanagar district, Nyamati in Davanagere, Chitaguppa, Hulasuru and Kamalanagar in Bidar, Kurugodu, Kotturu, Kampli in Ballari, Annigeri, Alnavar and Hubli City in Dharwad districts.
In Gadag district, new taluks will be in Gajendragad, Lakshmeshwar; Kalagi, Kamalapura and Shahabad in Kalaburagi. Hunasagi, Yadravi, Vadagera and Gurumitkal in Yadgir, Kukanuru, Kanakagiri and Karatagi in Koppala district, Maski, Sirawar in Raichur districts.
