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cantonment boards har haal mein khatam hone chahiye yeh angrejo ke zamane ka ghatiya kanoon hai jab angrejo ko gaye 74 saal ho gaye hamara india azad hai ferozpeur cantonment ke saath bharat ke sabhi cantonment areas ko khatam kiya jaaye
Actually cantonment act 1924 is to much old law & British law. Moreover Hon’ble prime minister of india ( Narinder modi) speech at NewYork that ” He is abolish one old law per day in India” . Why the prime minister of india not giving the order to abolish the 62 cantonments.
Regards
Sanjeev Aggarwal
Ferozepur cantt
Cantonments were established to snub 600 Princely States and Nationalists after acknowledging Company Bahadur as Emperor by Kings under Subsidiary System by Lord Wellsely, Doctrine of Lapse by Lord Dalhousie and by Mysore/Anglo Sikh Wars etc. To use words of Lala Lajpat Rai: “British came landless; land belongs to us or to God.” Officers were accommodated by hiring Bungalows of Landlords ; Families of Jawans were accommodated in Bazar Area in houses of Shop Keepers ; Soldiers were accommodated in Tents and Later on in barracks. These Cantonments are irrelevant after merger of 600 Princely States in Union of India. Now Chi Pak Border is away from Cantonments. However families of Jawans and Civilians need Municipalities which may be under States or Central Ministry for Housing & Urban Affairs as MoD is getting busier and financially burdened with Chi Pak Warfares with no time, money & energy left for Municipal Affairs. Sooner the better to establish Ram Rajya by Panchayati Raj Institutions in Cantonments overnightly by merging with adjoining Municipalities or by constituting separate Municipalities vide Article 243 Q & R under which Nominated Members have no Voting/ Biting Rights as in Municipal Council Ambala Sadar gifted by MoD Bansi Lal. Forces need to be shifted to Aero and Naval Basis to form 140 Integral Battle Groups under 03 Joint instead of existing separate 19 Commands under CDS.
Bangalore cantonment is a classical example of opening up cantonment, BBMP local municipal organization manages administration of civil as well as defense establishments.
why keep colonial legacy and create parity between defense and civil, what is stopping govt in following an active example as bangalore.
Probably, the British created the Cantonments as an exclusive preserve for serving British officers with some desi people thrown in to help them. Now, they are serving a different purpose altogether.
The fact remains that Cantonments are cleaner, quieter and more orderly places than the urban chaos around them. The remedy would be to improve the administration of Cantonments rather than abolish them, or open them up indiscriminately. Safety and security of family members of armed forces personnel is an important concern, if they have to serve in the field without worrying about their dependants. Abolishing them will be tantamount to throwing the baby with the bath water!
In Bengaluru, there is an area referred to as Contonment – the area around MG road, South parade etc almost stretching upto Ulsoor which has MEG station. But, this area is under BBMP, not under the control of defence department. Probably, this model should be studied.
cantonment boards har haal mein khatam hone chahiye yeh angrejo ke zamane ka ghatiya kanoon hai jab angrejo ko gaye 74 saal ho gaye hamara india azad hai ferozpeur cantonment ke saath bharat ke sabhi cantonment areas ko khatam kiya jaaye
Actually cantonment act 1924 is to much old law & British law. Moreover Hon’ble prime minister of india ( Narinder modi) speech at NewYork that ” He is abolish one old law per day in India” . Why the prime minister of india not giving the order to abolish the 62 cantonments.
Regards
Sanjeev Aggarwal
Ferozepur cantt
Cantonments were established to snub 600 Princely States and Nationalists after acknowledging Company Bahadur as Emperor by Kings under Subsidiary System by Lord Wellsely, Doctrine of Lapse by Lord Dalhousie and by Mysore/Anglo Sikh Wars etc. To use words of Lala Lajpat Rai: “British came landless; land belongs to us or to God.” Officers were accommodated by hiring Bungalows of Landlords ; Families of Jawans were accommodated in Bazar Area in houses of Shop Keepers ; Soldiers were accommodated in Tents and Later on in barracks. These Cantonments are irrelevant after merger of 600 Princely States in Union of India. Now Chi Pak Border is away from Cantonments. However families of Jawans and Civilians need Municipalities which may be under States or Central Ministry for Housing & Urban Affairs as MoD is getting busier and financially burdened with Chi Pak Warfares with no time, money & energy left for Municipal Affairs. Sooner the better to establish Ram Rajya by Panchayati Raj Institutions in Cantonments overnightly by merging with adjoining Municipalities or by constituting separate Municipalities vide Article 243 Q & R under which Nominated Members have no Voting/ Biting Rights as in Municipal Council Ambala Sadar gifted by MoD Bansi Lal. Forces need to be shifted to Aero and Naval Basis to form 140 Integral Battle Groups under 03 Joint instead of existing separate 19 Commands under CDS.
Bangalore cantonment is a classical example of opening up cantonment, BBMP local municipal organization manages administration of civil as well as defense establishments.
why keep colonial legacy and create parity between defense and civil, what is stopping govt in following an active example as bangalore.
Probably, the British created the Cantonments as an exclusive preserve for serving British officers with some desi people thrown in to help them. Now, they are serving a different purpose altogether.
The fact remains that Cantonments are cleaner, quieter and more orderly places than the urban chaos around them. The remedy would be to improve the administration of Cantonments rather than abolish them, or open them up indiscriminately. Safety and security of family members of armed forces personnel is an important concern, if they have to serve in the field without worrying about their dependants. Abolishing them will be tantamount to throwing the baby with the bath water!
In Bengaluru, there is an area referred to as Contonment – the area around MG road, South parade etc almost stretching upto Ulsoor which has MEG station. But, this area is under BBMP, not under the control of defence department. Probably, this model should be studied.