Ladakh Vehicles To Be Registered With 'LA' Mark After Bifurcation Of Jammu And Kashmir

A new registration tag ‘LA’ has been assigned for vehicles to be registered in Ladakh, the government has said. The Centre had on August 5 abrogated Article 370 provisions in the Constitution that granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir, bifurcating the state into two Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, which came into being on October 31. “In exercise of the powers conferred by … the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, the Central Government hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of Government of India in the then Ministry of Surface Transport number S.O. 444(E), dated the 12th June 1989, namely:- 1. In the Table to the said notification, after serial number 17 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entities shall be inserted, namely:- “17A. Ladakh LA”,” a gazette notification by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways said.