Naya Raipur to have Rashtriya Military School

The sixth Rashtriya Military School (RMS)—an establishment of ministry of defence—would be opened in the new capital of Chhattisgarh.

The state government had allotted 50 acres of land to the ministry of defence for establishing the school in the Naya Raipur—the new capital of Chhattisgarh. The school is stipulated to start from the academic session 2013-14.

“This would be the sixth school in the chain of RMSs located across the country,” senior army official Colonel Sanjay Sharma said. The infrastructure development work will start soon after getting the possession on the land, he added.

Besides Chail in Himachal Pradesh, Rashtriya Military Schools are located in Ajmer (Rajasthan), Belgaum (Karnataka), Bangalore (Karnataka) and Dholpur (Rajasthan). The fully residential public school will be affiliated to the CBSE and have classes from V to XII.

 

According to senior army officials, the school was proposed to be set up in the state of Orissa. Chhattisgarh Governor Shekhar Dutt, however, took keen interest to retain the project in the state.

The state government was willing to allot 30 acres of land. On the initiative of the Governor, it was increased to 50 acres.

Besides school, army would set up a battalion headquarters on 150 acres of land adjacent to the school.

The officials said the army battalion would work in the field of maintaining ecological balance, collect intelligence inputs and aid administration during natural disaster.

State government officials said that the 200 acres of land allotted to the ministry of defence was meant for agriculture. After the transfer, the land use would be changed, the official added.