New District Committee holds meeting with Councilors of LAHDC

New District Committee holds meeting with Councilors of LAHDC

Leh, November 7, 2024: The New District Committee convened a meeting with all councillors of Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) Leh led by Hon’ble Chief Executive Councillor Tashi Gyalson at DC Office Conference Hall today. The meeting was chaired by Sh. Pramod Kumar Jain, IAS (Retd.) alongside members Sh. Kacho Asfandyar Khan, IAS (Retd.), Sh. Tsering Angchok, IAS (Retd.), and the Deputy Commissioner Leh Santosh Sukhadeve (ex-officio).
During the meeting, all councillors presented their views, suggestions and feedbacks to apprise the committee of the different requirements and demands arising from the formation of New Districts. Some of the key views and suggestions were to create new post for generation of employment in each district, establishing headquarters and boundaries without conflict, to consider international border and wildlife area while creating boundaries, equal allocation of budget to all districts. Further, questions were raised on what will happen to the council or council act and it was stressed that creation of new districts does not hamper LAHDC’s existing working structure or elections.
The councillors also pointed out that the new districts should be fully functional with enough manpower and should be functional practically as soon as possible for which rationalization should be done in a proper manner considering the area, block and administrative units. Some of the councillors with larger constituency also recommended for creation of Sub Divisions at their constituency.

Hon’ble Chief Executive Councillor Tashi Gyalson recommended creating a judicial system in each district. He also suggested that the formation of Seven districts in UT Ladakh provides a foundation for UT with Legislature and recommended implementing District Development Council format.
Chairman NDC Pramod Jain assured the councillors that their views, suggestions and recommedations would be considered with valid points included in committee’s report.
Hon’ble Chief Executive Councillor Tashi Gyalson, Hon’ble Executive Councillor / Deputy Chairman Tsering Angchok, Hon’ble Executive Councillor Ghulam Mehdi, Hon’ble Councillor/ Leader of Opposition Tsering Namgail and councillors of all the constituency of Leh District attended the meeting.