Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has said his government has no plans to create further administrative units in the Union Territory.
During his address in the Legislative Assembly, the Chief Minister, who also holds the finance portfolio, reiterated that no new administrative units would be established in J&K.
“Opening new units without proper facilitation and staff is out of the question. The established units face staff shortages, which are often raised by members of the Legislative Assembly,” Omar said.
He added, “The government will surely try to fill the gaps wherever they exist. For clarification, the units that have been established have not been operationalised properly.”
Earlier, National Conference MLAs — including senior leader Ali Mohammad Sagar, Tanvir Sadiq and Abdul Majeed Larmi — raised demands for the creation of more administrative units in their respective constituencies.
The demands were echoed by People’s Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti, who recently pitched for a separate administrative division for the Pir Panjal and Chenab regions due to their remote and hilly terrain.
This is not the first time the PDP has advocated new administrative units in these remote areas, which they feel were overlooked in previous rounds of restructuring. The party has historically demanded the creation of additional units in the Pir Panjal and Chenab regions.
However, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Saturday there was no need for more units when some of the earlier ones remain understaffed.
Jammu and Kashmir currently has 659 administrative units, which were created in 2014 after the then alliance partner, the Congress, pushed for their establishment.
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