Infrastructure

Ladakh vehicles get new registration mark 'LA'

Updated : November 27, 2019 08:49 PM IST

The new Union Territory of Ladakh consists of two districts of Kargil and Leh.

The former state of Jammu & Kashmir was reorganised as the new Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the new Union Territory of Ladakh on October 31.

Ladakh vehicles get new registration mark 'LA'

The ministry of road, transport and highways has assigned a new registration mark of 'LA' for vehicles which will be registered in Ladakh.

The new Union Territory of Ladakh consists of two districts of Kargil and Leh. The rest of the former state of Jammu and Kashmir is in the new Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir

The former state of Jammu & Kashmir was reorganised as the new Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the new Union Territory of Ladakh on October 31 after the President dismantled Article 370 of the Indian Constitution and gave assent to the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 on the recommendation of Parliament.

"In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (6) of section 41 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 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”. 2. This notification shall come into force from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette,” said the government notification dated Nov 25.

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