Secunderabad Cantonment Board

Secunderbad Cantonment Board (SCB) is the civic administration agency for the city of Secunderabad, India. Large parts of Secunderabad city and some parts of the Hyderabad city come under the jurisdiction of the Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB) due to the large military presence, existing right from the days of the British. The infrastructure management and civic administration in the cantonment are handled by the SCB, which comes under the purview of the union Defence Ministry of the Government of India. As per the Cantonment Act, 2006, Secunderabad is a Class-I cantonment. In terms of geographical area and population Secunderabad is the largest of all the 62 cantonments in India and is also one of the largest in the world. To honour the progress achieved by the British officers stationed at Secunderabad Cantonment in Hyderabad, the erstwhile British government established 10 acres (4.0 ha) of land for building a Clock Tower in 1860.... Mehr