» CVD AVADI WAS RAISED IN OCT 1944 BY AMALGAMATING VEH DISTR GP AND VEH SUB DEPOT OF 206 BASE ORD DEPOT. » THE DEPOT WAS INITIALLY LOC IN GEN AREA ALMADI,
12 KM NORTH EAST OF AVADI RLY STN. » IN JAN 1948, IT WAS SHIFTED NEAR AVADI RLY STN AFTER WORLD WAR II. » DURING 1961, OCF & HVF WERE EST AT AVADI, 206 BOD CLOSED DOWN AND CVD MOVED INTO THE PRESENT AREA VACATED BY BOD ON 13 JUN 1966. » PERFORMED THE ROLE OF VEH DEPOT FROM ITS RAISING UNTIL 1987. » WITH LAUNCHING OF ‘OP-PAWAN’ DURING 1987 ADDL ROLE OF COMPOSITE ORD DEPOT WAS GIVEN. » ORDERS RECD FOR REVERTING BACK TO CVD ROLE GIVEN AFTER DE-INDUCTION OF TPS FROM SRI LANKA. » STAFFS BOTH AT COMD AND AREA HQ WERE KEEN THAT DEPOT SHOULD CONTINUE TO PERFORM DUAL ROLE. » ORDERS FOR DUAL ROLE ISSUED IN SEP 1993 & MAY 05. NOW PERFORMING DUAL ROLE OF CVD AND OD.
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