Himachal Pradesh: In a serious departure from archaic colonial follow of making cantonments, Yol (Young Officers Living) town in Himachal Pradesh has shed its tag as a cantonment.
The Military Area throughout the Cantonment will be transformed right into a Military Station and the Civil Area will merge with the Municipality. A notification to this impact was printed by the Government on 27 April 2023, defence officers knowledgeable.
This transfer will show helpful to all alike. Civilians who have been, till now, not gaining access to the state authorities welfare schemes by way of the Municipality, will now be in a place to avail these by way of the Municipality. As far because the Army is anxious, they too may now give attention to the event of Military station, officers mentioned.
This is a primary amongst a collection of excision of cantts and is a transfer that has been welcomed by all. Cantts are deemed Municipalities and working Municipalities is a State topic, officers added.
How Yol will benefit?
The sources mentioned the transfer will show helpful to all stakeholders and that civilians, who till now weren’t gaining access to welfare schemes of the state authorities by way of the municipality, will now have the ability to avail them.
“As far as the Army is concerned, it too could now focus on the development of the military station,” mentioned a supply.
There have been 56 cantonments on the time of Independence and 6 extra have been notified after 1947. The final Cantonment to be notified was Ajmer in 1962.
Civilian residents of the cantonments typically don’t get advantages of welfare schemes of the respective state governments because the army amenities are ruled by cantonment boards by way of the Defence Estates Department of the Ministry of Defence.
The sources mentioned there was a preferred demand from civilian residents and in addition state governments for the excision of cantonments.
A substantial portion of the defence funds is spent on the event of civil areas of the cantonments, famous an official.
He mentioned as a result of ever-increasing growth of civil areas of cantonments, there’s stress on prime defence land in these amenities.
“Cantonments are colonial structures and military stations can be better administered by taking such steps,” mentioned one other official.
(With inputs from PTI)
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