Lieutenant Governor L.G. Saxena has approved five new districts in Ladakh—Nubra, Sham, Changthang, Zanskar and Drass—taking the Union Territory’s total to seven. The move clears a long-pending demand and is expected to decentralize administration, improve grassroots governance, and speed up public service delivery in remote regions, while also opening local growth and employment opportunities.
Ladakh is preparing a major administrative shake-up as the Lieutenant Governor, Brigadier (Retd) B.D. Mishra, moves ahead with the operationalisation of five new districts after receiving approval from the Ministry of Home Affairs. The plan aims to improve local governance and bring administration closer to residents across the Union Territory.
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