A Gazette notification for constituting the 28th district of Chhattisgarh has been issued by the state government.
As per the notification Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi will be a new district. The district will officially will be recorded as 28th district of the state from February 10, 2020.
As per the notification, the district area has been defined as complete tehsil of Pendra Road, Marwahi and Pendra. Its border in north will have Tehsil Manendragarh (District Koriya) while on the south it will have tehsil Kota (District Bilaspur and tehsil Lormi, district Mungeli. Similarly, Tehsil Katghora, District Korba will be in its east and in the west will be Sohagpur and Pushrajgarh of district Anuppur, Madhya Pradesh.