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Municipal
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- Public
Health and Hygiene
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- Sanitation:- The Cantonment Board is responsible
for cleansing of streets, public places and drains,
collecting and disposal of garbage, removing of
noxious vegetation.
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- Ancillary and Preventive Medication:- Establishing
and maintaining public hospitals and dispensaries,
system of programmes and attempting for eradication
of dangerous diseases and epidemics.
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- Providing safe and pure drinking water as well
as preventing pollution of water resources.
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Providing & maintaining HPSV / CFL and appropriate
lighting fixtures on roads streets as well as public
places.
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- Registering Births & Deaths
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The registration of births and deaths occurring
in a Cantonment whether they take place in army
hospitals, Cantt. General Hospital or state Govt.
hospitals as per the prevailing rules and regulation
is a very vital function of Cantonment Board.
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- Establishing & Maintaining Primary Schools
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In order to ensure implementation of primary education
as a fundamental right, Cantt Boards wherever possible
and convenient have established and maintaining
primary schools.
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- Taking census and registration on vital statistics
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The census operations and registration of vital
statistics pertaining to the Cantonment as under
taken by Cantonment Board as a joint exercise with
the other organization involved.
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Cantt. Boards undertake afforestation programmes
in the interest of improving the environment.
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- Cleaning and maintenance of burial Grounds
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- Establishing and maintaining Cattle Pounds
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Establishing and maintaining Cattle Pounds in order
to control the cattle and stray animal menace. Cattle
pounds are established and maintained by Cantt.
Boards wherein the stray cattle and animals are
capsized and the owners are punished as per the
cattle trespass Act and the prevailing rules.
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- Establishing and maintaining fire stations
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Cantonment Boards within the resources available
are liable to render assistance in extinguishing
fires and protecting life and property when fires
occur.
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Cantonment Board can levy various taxes like property
tax, trade tax, water tax, etc. in the Cantonment
in the interest of improving and maintaining public
finances.
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