Private member bill proposes administrative reorganisation in J&K

Srinagar, March 24 -- A PDP legislator, Waheed Parra, has submitted to the J&K Assembly secretariat a private member's bill that proposes a major administrative reorganisation in Jammu and Kashmir, seeking the creation of new administrative divisions and several new districts across the union Territory.

The proposed bill titled Jammu and Kashmir Territorial Administrative Reorganisation Bill, 2026 aims to provide a statutory framework for the creation, reorganisation and rationalisation of administrative divisions, districts, subdivisions and tehsils in Jammu and Kashmir.

As per the draft bill, two new administrative divisions, Chenab Division with headquarters at Doda and Pir Panjal Division with headquarters at Rajouri, are proposed in ...