MHA approves creation of 5 new districts in Ladakh

New Delhi, Aug 26: The Ministry of Home Affairs on Monday decided to create five new districts in Ladakh.

Informing about this decision in a post on the microblogging site ‘X’, Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah said that with this decision, the new districts – Zanskar, Drass, Sham, Nubra, and Changthang - will take the benefits meant for the people to their doorsteps by bolstering governance in every nook and cranny.

“After the formation of these five districts, there will now be a total of seven districts in Ladakh, including Leh and Kargil,” he said.

Shah said that the creation of five new districts was a historic step towards fulfilling PM Modi's vision of building a new Ladakh.

He said that PM Modi-led government at the Centre was fully committed to creating immense possibilities for the people of Ladakh.

“This step will pave the way for people-led governance in the union territory, allowing seepage of democratic processes to the roots,” Shah said.

He said that the Modi government was committed to creating immense possibilities for the people of Ladakh.

Along with giving “in-principle approval” for the formation of five new districts, the Ministry of Home Affairs has asked the Ladakh administration to form a committee to assess various aspects related to the formation of new districts like headquarters, boundaries, structure, creation of posts, any other aspect related to the formation of the district and submit its report within three months.

After receiving the report of the committee, Ladakh UT will send the final proposal regarding the creation of new districts based on this report to the Home Ministry for further action.

Ladakh is a very large union territory in terms of area, and, at present, Ladakh has two districts – Leh and Kargil.

It is one of the least populated areas of India.

Being extremely difficult and inaccessible, at present the district administration is facing many difficulties in reaching the grassroots level.

After the formation of these districts, now all the public welfare schemes of the Centre and Ladakh administration will be able to reach the people easily and more and more people will be able to take advantage of them.

This important decision of MHA will prove to be very useful in the all-round development of Ladakh.

Meanwhile, a spokesman of the Ministry of Home Affairs in a statement issued here said that in pursuit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision to build a developed and prosperous Ladakh, the Ministry of Home Affairs had decided to create five new districts in the Union Territory.