Arunachal Assembly approves Kamle as 23rd district

The Arunachal Assembly today passed a bill paving way for creation of a new district to be named Kamle, bifurcating the present Upper and Lower Subansiri districts.
With the official creation of the new district, the total number of districts in the state shot up to 23.
Chief Minister Pema Khandu introduced the Arunachal Pradesh (Re-Orgaisation of Districts) (Amendment) Bill 2017 in the Assembly on October 14.
Kamle district, constituting the eastern part of Lower Subansiri district and western part of Upper Subansiri district, would have a population of 22,256 of homogeneous people.
It consists of six administrative units, three under Lower Subansiri and three under Upper Subansiri.

In his deliberation, Khandu termed it as a long pending demand of the people of the area for better administration.

The government is planning to re-visit the district creation policy of 1983, the chief minister said in response to objection raised by a few members for creating new districts which would affect the states exchequer and could encourage more district creation in the future.
Khandu, however, assured to bring the new policy after necessary modifications in the house for discussion saying there is urgent need to frame guidelines for creating new districts.
Later, the house passed the bill by voice votes.