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, the Defence Ministry informed Parliament on Monday.
“Accordingly, broad modalities for proposed excision of civil areas in 58 Cantonments have been shared with State governments concerned for their comments,” Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha. One Cantonment namely, KhasYol, has already been de-notified with effect from April 27, 2023, he stated.