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CITIZEN’S CHARTER CANTONMENT BOARD
DEOLALI. ESTD. 1869
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| CANTONMENT BOARD, DEOLALI |
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Deolali Cantonment
is a Class I Cantonment,. Was established in the year 1869. It
is situated at a plateau of 2000 ft; surrounded by the picturesque
sahyadri ranges, 200 KMs away on Central Railway from Mumbai
and 556.52 mtrs. above the sea level. Deolali Cantonment
falls under the District Nashik – an all India Hindu
pilgrimage center. Deolali Cantonment is situated on
the bank of river Darna, has a natural position in the Sahyadri
hills ranges of Igatpuri and Trimbak ranges. Deolali
is very popular as a Hill Station and a Health Resort in
Maharashtra. This is mainly due to its cool and pleasant
summers, moderate and healthy climate throughout the year. Deolali
has numerous sanitariums most of which were built by the
Gujarati and Parsi communities. Most of the roads of
Deolali are peculiarly named after the local eminent personalities,
who were either the prominent Cantonment Executive Officer
or local Army dignitaries. The Lam Road, the longest
of all roads, main connecting road to its District Headquarters
Nashik is named after its eminent citizen Lam Saheb. So
also the Howson Road, the Anand Road, the Lawrence Road and
the OG lines etc. |
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| MLITARY HISTORY |
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Deolali Camp
was opened as a Main Depot for the arrival and departure
of troops in 1870 i.e. one year after it was gazetted a Cantonment.
The Indian Staff College was raised here in 1904. Subsequently
it was moved to Quetta, now in Pakistan. Deolali had
its expansion during the First World War when a number of
training camps and hospitals were added, while there was
Disembarkation Centre and Rest Camp for the Army and Navy
personnel already here. In 1941 during the Second World
War, with the move of School of Artillery from Kakul to Deolali,
it mainly became the Training Centre predominantly for the
Regiment of Artillery. Though there is an Air Force
Station now in Cantonment limits and has recently been contributing
to Cantt. Octroi revenue.
School of Artillery is
headed by an Officer of the rank of Lieutenant General
of the Indian Army and imparts training in gunnery skills
tos the Officers, JCOs & NCOs. There is an Artillery
Centre at Nashik Road commanded by a BRIG and recruits
in big strength are trained and turned into Combatant Soldiers. There
are several affiliated Est/Units to facilitate administration
and training. |
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| PICNIC POINTS |
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Deolali has
quite a number of picnic spots to visit in its surrounding. Prominent
amongst them are Nashik City 14 KMs, Trimbakeshwar 32 KMs,
India Security Press/Currency Note Press, Nashik Road 7 KMs,
Gangapur Dam 20 KMS, Mukti Dham Temple 7 KMs, Satpur, Ambad,
Sinnar Industrial Estates and several State controlled Dams
20 to 80 KMs away etc.
The Cantonment Board Deolali has traveled
a long way accepting the challenges posed by increasing
pressures on civic amenities and is constantly endeavoring
to enhance the facilities, upgrade the quality of services
and rise up to the expectations of its citizens. |
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