The Indian government has decided to abolish all military cantonment boards in the country that were established during the colonial era.
According to Indian media reports, the cantonment’s army sectors would be turned into military bases, while the neighbourhoods where civil residents reside will be governed by the local government. throughout total, there are 62 cantonment boards throughout the nation.
The YoI cantonment in Himachal Pradesh will serve as the starting point for the disbanding process, which would then progressively spread to other regions of the nation.
The choice aims to decolonize the entire network of cantonment boards, which were set up in India under the British occupation.
The change occurred as a result of the YoI cantonment’s civilian residents’ demand to be excluded from the region to pursue development activities.
56 cantonment boards are located throughout Pakistan, which earned independence from the British-ruled India in 1947.
Shireen Mazari, the head of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), asked for a review of the law governing the cantonment regions earlier this week.
The former human rights minister stated in a tweet that cantonments are a colonial relic where colonists protected themselves from the indigenous. There are numerous [military] bases where military troops, together with their families and equipment, are stationed in the free world.
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“In our Cantt areas, majority are elite civilians living in private homes and paying taxes to the boards rather than city municipalities,” she lamented.
