Ladakh-Based Buddhist Association Demands District Status For Zanskar indiatoday.in

Ladakh-based Buddhist association on Tuesday demanded district status for Zanskar, the sub-division which falls in Kargil.

Ladakh Buddhist Association Zanskar (LBAZ) president Psewang Chostar said the people of Zanskar, which is 240 km from the district headquarters, has been demanding the district status for the past over seven decades.

“We welcome the Centre’s move to split the state into two UTs of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. The UT status for Ladakh was a long pending demand of the region and so is the demand of Zanskar for district status,” he told reporters here.