Centre releases maps of new Union Territories

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, November 2

The Central Government today released the maps of the newly carved Union Territories (UTs) of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh that came into being on October 31, an official release said.

It said in 1947, the former State of Jammu and Kashmir had 14 districts — Kathua, Jammu, Udhampur, Reasi, Anantnag, Baramulla, Poonch, Mirpur, Muzaffarabad, Leh and Ladakh, Gilgit, Gilgit Wazarat, Chilhas and Tribal Territory.

By 2019, the state government of former Jammu and Kashmir had reorganised the areas of these 14 districts into 28 districts. The names of the new districts are: Kupwara, Bandipur, Ganderbal, Srinagar, Budgam, Pulwama, Shopian, Kulgam, Rajouri, Ramban, Doda, Kishtiwar, Samba and Kargil.

Out of these, Kargil district was carved out from the area of Leh and Ladakh district.

Leh district of the new Union Territory of Ladakh has been defined in the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Removal of Difficulties) Second Order, 2019, issued by the President of India, to include the areas of the districts of Gilgit, Gilgit Wazarat, Chilhas and Tribal Territory of 1947, in addition to the remaining areas of Leh and Ladakh districts of 1947, after carving out Kargil district, the release said.

On this basis, the maps prepared by the Surveyor General of India, depicting the new Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, were released today.