New Delhi, March 11 -- There is no proposal under consideration to create a new police district for Uri in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said on Tuesday in the Lok Sabha.

Rai was responding to a question by the MP from Baramulla, Abdul Rashid Sheikh.

Meanwhile, Rai said in the House that the Lakshadweep Administration has granted permission to the local accommodation boards in all islands to consider requests from contract employees for allotment of quarters, subject to availability, after allotting to the eligible regular employees as per the prevailing rules.

The Minister said that the allotment is made on payment of three times the licence fee, which is similar to th...