The proposed New Tourist Routes:

1. Merak – Lema Bend
2. Chushul – Kartsangla – Mahe
3. Durbuk – Shahikul – Tharuk – Sato Kargyam – Parma – Erath – Chusul and Loma – Hanley
4. Korzok – Nurbo – Sumdo – Parangta – Kazaand
5. Agyam – Shayok – Durbuk

The proposed New Trekking Routes:

1. Phyang – Ookla – HunderDok – Hunder
2. Basgo –  Ney  HunderDok – Hunder
3. Temisgam – Largyap – Panchathang – Skuru
4. Saspol – Saspochey – Rakurala – Skuru

Salient Features of the approved proposal:

• To ensure smooth movement of the tourists within the Leh District, the validity of permit system for tourist visiting Ladakh region has been increased to 15 days from previous limit of 7 days.
• To ensure safety and security, the tourists/trackers shall not be allowed to Night Stay on all tracking routes and also on the tourists routes mentioned at SI Nos. (iii), (iv) & (v).
• For effective management of the new routes, State Government of J&K has been advised to constitute a Coordination Committee at the District level chaired by Deputy Commissioner, Leh, with the representative of Army, JK Police, IB, R&AW and ITBP. The Committee will meet once in three months to ensure smooth management of the existing as well as new