A way of life that has been around for over 100 years —over 200 years in some cases— is now about to end as the Narendra Modi government has decided to disband the cantonment boards across the country. Starting with Yol in Himachal Pradesh, all remaining 61 cantonments would be disbanded one by one. The military areas of the cantonments would be converted into exclusive military stations and the civilian areas would be merged with adjacent civilian municipal bodies.