Cantonments move from British concept

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Team News Riveting

New Delhi, July 24

In order to bring uniformity in municipal laws governing civil areas of Cantonments and adjoining State Municipal areas, it has been decided to consider to excise civil areas of certain Cantonments and merge them with neighbouring State municipalities.

Accordingly, broad modalities for proposed excision of civil areas in 58 Cantonments have been shared with concerned State Governments for their comments. List of these Cantonments state-wise is as follows:

S NoName of CantonmentState
1DanapurBihar
2DelhiDelhi
3AhmedabadGujrat
4AmbalaHaryana
5BaklohHimachal Pradesh
6DagshaiHimachal Pradesh
7DalhousieHimachal Pradesh
8JutoghHimachal Pradesh
9KasauliHimachal Pradesh
10SubathuHimachal Pradesh
11RamgarhJharkhand
12BelgaumKarnataka
13CannanoreKerala
14JabalpurMadhya Pradesh
15MhowMadhya Pradesh
16MorarMadhya Pradesh
17PachmarhiMadhya Pradesh
18SagarMadhya Pradesh
19AhmednagarMaharashtra
20AurangabadMaharashtra
21DehuraodMaharashtra
22DeolaliMaharashtra
23KampteeMaharashtra
24KhadkiMaharashtra
25PuneMaharashtra
26ShillongMeghalaya
27AmritsarPunjab
28FerozepurPunjab
29JalandharPunjab
30AjmerRajasthan
31NasirabadRajasthan
32St.Thomas MountTamil Nadu
33WellingtonTamil Nadu
34SecunderabadTelangana
35AgraUttar Pradesh
36AllahabadUttar Pradesh
37BabinaUttar Pradesh
38BareillyUttar Pradesh
39AyodhyaUttar Pradesh
40FatehgarhUttar Pradesh
41JhansiUttar Pradesh
42KanpurUttar Pradesh
43LucknowUttar Pradesh
44MathuraUttar Pradesh
45MeerutUttar Pradesh
46ShahjahanpurUttar Pradesh
47VaranasiUttar Pradesh
48AlmoraUttarakhand
49Clement TownUttarakhand
50DehradunUttarakhand
51LandourUttarakhand
52LansdowneUttarakhand
53NainitalUttarakhand
54RanikhetUttarakhand
55RoorkeeUttarakhand
56BarrackporeWest Bengal
57JalapaharWest Bengal
58LebongWest Bengal

One Cantonment namely, KhasYol has already been de-notified w.e.f. 27.04.2023.

The excision of civil areas and their merger with State Municipalities involves active consultation and concurrence of the concerned State Governments. Therefore, it is not feasible to provide any time-frame for its implementation.  

Various representations have been received from public and elected representatives, and also from few State Governments requesting for excision of civil areas from Cantonments.

There is no bar on implementation of State Government schemes by concerned State Governments in Cantonment areas. All State Governments are already extending benefit of various schemes to the residents in Cantonments.

This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Ajay Bhatt in a written reply to Shri Jaggesh in Rajya Sabha today.

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