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The local populace, especially Buddhists, have raised voices of dissent against successive governments of the State in Jammu & Kashmir from time to time and sought direct central administration. This dissent exacerbated into a full scale agitation with communal flare ups in 1989; following the Union government’s intervention, the State government agreed to grant a semi-autonomous body called Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council in 1993 to the Leh district, which came into effect in 1995. What are the new challenges/issues in Ladakh? How to address them?