DEFENCE SERVICE REGULATIONS - Military Engineer Services

(b) Civil Roads (Central or State Government, Municipal or District Board)–These are such
sections of the civil network of roads which happen to pass through a cantonment but are required for civil
purposes independently of the existence of the cantonment. Such roads are maintained from civil funds.
(c) Cantonment Roads. These are roads required primarily for the convenience of residents in
cantonments. The use of such roads by troops on duty will not cause any claim for consideration as military
roads. Such roads ate maintained from cantonment funds.
237. No existing road in a Cantonment may be closed (except for repairs) and no new roads opened
without the approval of the GOG in C.
238. No road may be classified as ‘military’ without the approval of the G of I. The reclassification
of a military road also requires the approval of the G of I.
239. The GOC in C is empowered to abandon a
military road in a cantonment within his control, which is not required for any military purpose.
240. Roads outside cantonments or military stations are ordinarily constructed and maintained as
Civil Works, but where charged to Defence Services Estimates in special cases, they will be handed over as
soon as possible under the orders of the G of I to the local administration for maintenance.
241. The classification of a civil road as a road of military importance requires the approval of the G
of I. In special cases where for military reasons it is necessary to maintain such a road at a standard higher
than that considered requisite for civil purposes, the orders of the G of I should be obtained as to what
contribution, if any, should be paid to the local administration to cover the excess cost of maintenance.
242. Repairs and renewals to military roads, and
petty additions or improvements to protective works such as retaining walls, berms, culverts, etc., are
chargeable to this head (but see para 225).
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Repairs and renewals will be carried out to military roads in the plains 2 , hills and desert Areas within
the authorised maintenance rate per Sq. Mtr. laid down by the G of I. The maintenance rate per Sq. Mtr. is
merely a basis for demanding funds and is not intended to imply any limitation to the expenditure that may be
incurred during the year on any particular portion of road.
1 Amended vide C.S. No. 77/XII/87.
2 W.E.F. 01-04-99 nave further been categorised as RD1, RD2, RD3 and RD4.
In the case of hill roads when it is not possible to repair the road from within the maintenance grant, a
case for special repairs to the particular road will be submitted to the CFA for sanction and allotment of
funds.. However, when extra repairs and renewals caused by subsidence of the portion of a road or additional
protective works become necessary, the work will be carried out under para 15 and the case submitted to the
CFA for regularisation and allotment of funds. In either case the repairs, irrespective of the cost, will be
treated as special repairs and budgetted for under detailed head (d).
Widening of roads and reconstruction of unmetalled roads to permanent specification or of sections of
roads completely washed away or otherwise destroyed will be treated as original works.
243. A record of road metal and road surfacing materials, etc., collected for use on roads will be
maintained by the S.D.O. in a Road Metal Register (I.A.F.W. 1809) The verification of unusual road materials
will be made atleast once a year by an officer of Supdt. Ode I.
244. The GE will maintain a Roads Register for all military roads in his Division, showing
separately for each road, the class of road and length, expenditure on new construction and annual expenditure
on maintenance. The register will also show all bridges, culverts, drains and retaining walls.
245. The MES are not responsible for the planting or maintenance of trees on road sides or
elsewhere. Arboriculture may, however, be undertaken by the MES if included in new projects for units or
formations or for military roads outside cantonment. On completion, the maintenance thereof will devolve on
the unit or formation and the Station Commander respectively.
Detailed Head (c)-Furniture
246. To this head is chargeable the expenditure on repairs and renewals to furniture.
A renewal in the case of furniture is the manufacture or purchase of a new article in replacement of a
similar article held on charge, which has been declared unserviceable.
247. Rules for the maintenance of furniture are given in Chapter VIII.
Detailed head (d)– Special repairs
248. Replacements & renewals costing more than 2 Rs. 50,000/– under Detailed Heads (a) (b) and (c) of
Sub–Head B are financed from special repairs Detailed Head (d) (1), (2) & (3) respectively (see paras 125,
242 and 246).
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