Cantonments Should Make Efforts to Make Their Areas Open Defecation Free Under Swachh Bharat – Dr Bhamre
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The Minister complimented the Defence Estate Department for taking a quantum jump in modernizing the Defence land management system by way of digitization of records, creation of land data bank, online connectivity, survey work and adopting best practices. Terming it as a ‘game changer’ he said it is a role model for other similar institutions to emulate.
On this occasion, Dr. Bhamre and other dignitaries released Land Survey Reports in respect of five military stations– Kirkee, Porbander, Vishakhapatnam, Medak and Nabagram in Behrampore. Earlier, in his welcome speech, Director General Defence Estates Jojneswar Sharma gave a brief account of the activities of the Directorate. Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Sunil Lanba and Secretary Defence Production Shri Ashok Kumar Gupta also graced the function. The Minister also awarded Raksha Mantri’s Awards for Excellence to officers and staff of the organisation for their outstanding performance in different spheres. This year, the award for Best Centre for Differently Abled Children was given to Cantonment School, Kanpur. In the categories for improvement in functioning of Cantonment Board Schools for Class I to VIII and Class IX to XII, Cantonment Board School, Babina and Meerut were declared winners, respectively. In the ‘Clean and Healthy Cantonment’ category, four Cantonment Boards namely, Kirkee, Wellington, Lansdowne and Amritsar received the awards from the Minister, jointly. In the category of ‘Innovative Measures and Projects for Public Good’ the award were jointly shared by Cantonment Board Delhi and Secunderabad.
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