Ramanagara district to be renamed Bengaluru South, says Karnataka Dy CM Shivakumar

Bengaluru: Karnataka's Ramnagara district, which was a part of the Bengaluru district, will be renamed Bangalore South, the state's Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar announed on Thursday.

“Today, the entire cabinet had a discussion. I am very happy to announce that Ramanagara district was a part of Bangaluru district, the headquarters will remain in Ramanagara but the district will be called Bangalore South for all administration purposes,” the Deputy CM told reporters.

Ramanagara, which is about 50 km from Bengaluru, will remain the headquarters of the renamed district, which will also consist of Magadi, Kanakapura, Channapatna and Harohalli taluks.

'Necessary process will follow'

Ramanagara, which has now been renamed, is the home district of Shivakumar, who is also the state Congress chief. The Deputy CM added that the renaming of the district will have no financial implications, and a notification will follow.

“Notification will be issued and the necessary process will follow. There will be no financial implication from this decision... all land records and everything will be changed. I'm also here-on from the Bengaluru South district,” said Shivakumar.

Central govt's previous objection to renaming of district

Responding to whether the Centre had opposed the Karnataka cabinet's earlier decision about renaming Ramanagara, Shivakumar said that informing the Union government was just a mandatory procedure.

"Informing the Centre was mandatory, that's all. There was some politics and some attempts were made (to oppose), but it is our right, it is a state subject," Shivakumar said, noting that the Centre's approval was not sought when other districts were renamed earlier, including when the name Ramanagara was given to this district.

Earlier, the Central government had objected to the state government's decision to rename Ramnagara district. However, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister HK Patil clarified that the current decision would stand as land records are a state subject, as mentioned in a report by Deccan Herald.