nashik the members of the deolali cantonment board have sought the help of the state government for the development of the area a delegation of members of the cantonment board would be calling on chief minister prithviraj chavan and district guardian minister chhagan bhujbal in mumbai soon to press for the implementation of the status of municipal council granted to deolali cantonment board vicepresident of the cantonment board tanaji karanjkar said that while the state government collected various taxes like the sales tax vehicle tax state excise tax and entertainment tax in the cantonment area the welfare schemes funded by the state were never implemented here karanjkar said that there were seven cantonment boards like deolali nashik pune khadki dehu ahmednagar kamti and aurangabad in the state which provide basic amenities from the funds generated from octroi water cess and service tax that comes from the army he said that compared to other cantonment boards in the state the revenue of the deolali cantonment board received from these taxes was much lesser apart from the revenue from taxes there were no other funds given by the state government for the board however in the revised cantonment act 2006 it has been decided to accord the status of local selfgoverning bodies to the cantonment boards and there are also certain guidelines to implement various welfare schemes in such regions he said that if the guidelines in the revised cantonment act were implemented schemes such as the jawaharlal nehru national urban renewal mission indira awas scheme and other such schemes could be implemented in the cantonment board area karanjkar said that the absence of an underground sewerage system was a major issue in the cantonment area which was causing problems related to the health hygiene pollution levels of the township and was also contaminating the ground water and hindering road widening in the area the lack of funds was further delaying the pipeline distribution work leading to lack of optimum supply of water in all the areas nonetheless the administration is hopeful that it may get a grant sought by the deolali cantonment board from the ministry of defence for the underground sewerage project karanjkar said that real estate activities were extremely high in deolali camp area and the state government was getting good revenue in the form of taxes from there during their meeting with the chief minister and the guardian minister the members of the cantonment board would be focussing their attention on this issue the issue had also been brought to the notice of mlc jayant jadhav in the recent past who karanjkar said assured to take necessary efforts