Southern Zonal Council to meet near Mamallapuram on August 20
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will chair the meeting, with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay as vice chair; the Council, which includes all southern States and UTs, is a statutory body whose recommendations are advisory in nature
On Thursday, August 20, 2026, the 31st meeting of the Southern Zonal Council is set to convene near Mamallapuram, a city roughly 40 kilometers south of Chennai. The meeting will be presided over by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who arrived in Chennai on the previous evening. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay will serve as the vice-chairman.
The council, comprising the governments of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana, along with the Union Territories of Puducherry, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and Lakshadweep, is scheduled to meet for approximately four hours, beginning around 10 a.m. The Southern Zonal Council, established under the States Reorganisation Act of 1956, is a statutory body whose recommendations are advisory in nature.
The meeting, organized by the Inter-State Council Secretariat of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs and hosted by the Tamil Nadu government, is expected to discuss several core issues affecting the southern states.
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