Residence of Retired Army Personnel amidst Public Housing

The Idea

Retired army personnel of any rank should always live within public housing projects instead of residing away from the general public in their housing projects managed by respective cantonment boards.

To narrow down this idea, at least one army personnel of major or colonel rank should live in a population of 10 thousand people approx. so that these retired army gentlemen can easily influence concerned civic authorities and municipal departments to ceaselessly provide basic facilities like water, electricity etc. without any disruption to the all population.

The Rationale behind the Idea

The rationale behind the proposed idea is simple and straightforward because this idea has been formed keeping in view the general psyche of our nation where just the name of an influential person or authority makes the work done which cannot be even done by thousands of common people by any means. The ‘Men in Khaki’ can ideally facilitate the devolution of convenience to the grassroot level.

Here where the whole nation is steered by the philosophy of “might is right”, the role of army personnel is so crucial and decisive, especially when fulfilling the public needs are concerned. In our culture, army people are considered as a symbol of strength, thus no body dares to challenge their stance in any matter. Even a retired army officer, in accordance with our social culture, is more influential than a common man. In short, they have a definite say in the running of the public affairs.

That’s why; their presence could be blessing for the general people who are usually deprived of essential utilities of life or their view is taken as granted by concerned authorities. Putting retired army personnel among general people will benefit the deprived populace almost in every matter, particularly the matters related with continuous provision of essential utilities and amenities of life like water, electricity, gas, sanitary services and the like.

As a rule, retired army people don’t live with general public which, besides many other concerns, also creates a needless gap between army and civilians. But, coming closer to the general public will lessen not only the mentioned gap but also appears as a revolutionary step taken for the very survival of the general populace.

As per our national psyche, army people, whether working or retired, are heard at any platform with due attention. Their humble suggestions are supposed to be irreversible orders; therefore just their presence among general masses would be sure enough for smooth running of civic matters.

Here I don’t mean to impose any sort of martial law or favor the concept of unelected representation of public representatives. Here I just stress the need of putting the retired army personnel among general public as precautionary measures adopted to pressurize the concerned civic and municipal departments.

Repeating my words again, at least one army personnel of major or colonel rank should live in a population of 10 thousand people. The presence of retired army personnel among general people will be itself a good disciplinary gesture taken for inefficient civic departments so as to make them efficient in their all operations, chiefly when it comes to fulfilling public needs.

In a nutshell, retired army people should always live with general public as they are always in an ideal position to be the person in charge.