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Denotification of 10 Cantonments
March 11 , 2024
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- The Centre issued a gazette notification to denotify civil areas of 10 cantonments (out of 58) in the country.
- These areas will now be merged with the state municipalities (local bodies) concerned.
- The process to remove civil areas from other cantonments, including six of Himachal Pradesh, is underway.
- The 10 include
- Dehradun and Clement Town Cantonments in Uttarakhand;
- Fatehgarh, Babina, Shahjahanpur and Mathura Cantonments in UP;
- Deolali Cantonment in Maharashtra;
- Ramgarh Cantonment in Jharkhand;
- Ajmer and Nasirabad Cantonments in Rajasthan.
- Cantonments are designed as places of residence of both civilians and military personnel.
- The Cantonments are notified under the Cantonments Act, 1924 (Now by the Cantonments Act, 2006).
- The central government, after consulting the state governments and cantonment boards, hereby declares its intention to exclude certain areas of the said cantonments and the merger of such areas with the state local bodies.
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