India, April 28 -- Following the landmark creation of five new districts in the Union Territory of Ladakh, Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena on Tuesday approved the immediate appointment of deputy commissioners (DCs) and superintendents of police (SPs) to lead the new administrative units.

The appointments come just one day after the formal notification of Nubra, Sham, Changthang, Zanskar, and Drass as independent districts. This move addresses long-standing demands for decentralisation in a region where remote communities often travelled over 300km to access district-level services in Leh or Kargil.

The lieutenant governor directed the newly appointed officers to assume charge without delay, emphasising that the primary goal is to...