CAD camp

CAD (Central Ammunition Depot) is in the Wardha District of Maharashtra state in India, in the town called Pulgaon. Pin code 442303. It is one of the world's biggest ammunition depots. CAD camp has a perimeter of around 150 km and is still expanding towards the villages behind it. It is becoming India's largest military-civil camp with almost all kinds of facilities and securities monitoring the area continuously.

Environment
A few years back, it used to be a very nice place to visit, easily accessible for picnics, get togethers and some spiritual activities at "Bhairav Baba Temple" at the bottom of one of the three hills in the nearby area. There are beautiful lakes, a great cool environment with greenery everywhere, one theater "The Garrison", two schools, Labor Camp and Central School, etc.

Militarization
It was a place of minimal risk until around 1999-2000, before the September 11 attacks. After that, and the attack on Sansad Bhavan, some terrorists found this, and the surrounding area, resulting in the tightening of security up to a very high level and the stopping of all the activities and entertainments. This put the area out of focus for the people in the Pulgaon Town and nearby.

Pulgaon
Pulgaon is a small town but one of the major activity centers in Wardha District, after Wardha and Hinganghat. The population is over 45,000 but the town still could not receive the Tahsil Status because of the politics in area and the CAD camp. It is not easily identifiable through most of the maps. It is on the bank of the Wardha River and easily accessible to three districts, Wardha, Amaravati and Yavatmal.

Local industry
There are two companies in the town, Shri Krushna Industries' Cotton Mills (erstwhile PCM) and Vidarbha Phosphates.