After submission of entries, the Central government will decide about the funding. “Within 15 to 20 days, we will be submitting our draft plan to the principal director of defence estates who will send it to the director general of defence estates, who will then submit it to the Ministry of Defence,” he said. According to the CEO of Deolali cantonment, Vilas H.. Cantonments are sort of military-civilian townships near or within army areas.After its ambitious plan of creating smart cities, the Centre has decided to focus on smart cantonments. Deolali is on the borders of Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC). “We have decided to incorporate plans for underground drainage, sewage rreatment project (STP), solar project, which envisages using all building terraces for solar cells to make the residents less dependent upon outside electricity supply, LED street lights, consolidation of online billing and payments, elevated water tanks for 24 hours water supply etc,” said Mr Pawar. The cantonment board is headed by the president and elected councillors.

Its budget is allocated by the defence ministry.The six cantonments have been directed to submit their master plans, cost, new systems and time required to implement them to the Centre. The cantonment board functions as the municipality and provides all municipal services like water supply, drainage, health, birth and death register, schools, hospitals etc. Pawar, they have been rv lights caravan lights Suppliers directed to submit these projects within one month. After its ambitious plan of creating smart cities, the Centre has decided to focus on smart cantonments. Six cantonments in India, including Deolali cantonment in Nashik, will be developed into smart cantonments.There are 63 cantonments in the country out of which seven are in Maharashtra which includes, Deolali, Ahmednagar, Pune, Dehu Road, Kirkee, Aurangabad, and Kamptee.Mr Pawar further said that, the smart city regulations for civilian cities are different for cantonments. The president is generally the brigadier of the local army unit while the defence ministry officer or CEO looks after the administration.Speaking to The Asian Age, Mr Pawar said that, his team was already working on the project, collecting ideas and information.