Section 3
Formation of Chhattisgarh State.
The Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000
About this Act
An Act to provide for the reorganisation of the existing State of Madhya Pradesh and for matters connected therewith.
On and from the appointed day, there shall be formed a new
State to be known as the State of Chhattisgarh comprising the following territories of the existing State of
Madhya Pradesh, namely:—
Bastar, laspur, Dantewada, Dhamtari, Durg, Janjgir-Champa, Jashpur, Kanker, Kawardha, Korba, Koria, Mahasamund, Raigarh, Raipur, Rajnandgaon and Surguja districts, and thereupon the said territories shall cease to form part of the existing State of Madhya Pradesh.
Bastar, laspur, Dantewada, Dhamtari, Durg, Janjgir-Champa, Jashpur, Kanker, Kawardha, Korba, Koria, Mahasamund, Raigarh, Raipur, Rajnandgaon and Surguja districts, and thereupon the said territories shall cease to form part of the existing State of Madhya Pradesh.