Omar: No plan to make new administrative units
Jammu, Feb. 8 -- Chief minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday said that his government has no intention of creating new administrative units and rather focused on operationalising those already sanctioned.
Responding to supplementary questions by members in the legislative assembly here on new administrative units in Jammu and Kashmir, Omar said, "This issue should end here. The government, as of now, has no intention to open new administrative units."
The chief minister said the units already created have not been properly operationalised. "The ones already created have not been properly operationalised. It is our responsibility to operationalise them, to make them function properly and to put systems in place," he said.
"Our first responsibility is to make them functional," he added
"After making them functional, we will take necessary steps wherever new administrative units need to be established," he said.
Replying to a question by MLA Dr Rameshwar Singh, Omar said the matter is being taken seriously and new administrative units will not be created arbitrarily.
He said nine new sub-divisions, 50 tehsils and 99 Niabats were sanctioned on October 21, 2014, under which Lohai and Duggan were also created as tehsils....
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