L. A. DEBATES (CENTRAL) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 1029
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*** Supply of Material to Sardar Sobha Singh to** build Quarters in New Delhi
- Sri M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar : (a) Will the Honourable the Labour Member please stale whether it is a fact that Sardar Sobha Singh was given material by Government to build quarters in New Delhi ?
(b) What is the cost of the material supplied, and under what arrangement ?
(c) How many flats has he built ? What is the rent of each flat, how many of these flats are occupied and how many are empty ?
(d) Are Government granting any subsidy ? If so, in what manner and where it is granted to the said Sardar Sobha Singh ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) I presume that the Honourable Member refers to the residential flats on the junction of Cornwallis Road and Humayun Road, New Delhi, built by S. B. Sir Sobha Singh. If so, the reply is in the affirmative.
(b) The cost of material supplied is about Rs. l½ lakhs. The contractor is to bear the entire cost of the material supplied to him.
(c) The number of flats so far constructed is 72. There are two types of flats ? A two-bed-room flat and a single-bed-room flat. The rent of the former has been provisionally fixed at Rs.
220 p.m. and of the latter at Rs. 175 p.m. Provisional rent has been fixed as complete information about the cost of construction has not been supplied by the landlord. Out of the 72 flats, Government have taken over 65 flats of which 59 are already occupied and 6 have been allotted to officers on the waiting list.
(d) No.
Prof. N. G. Ranga : Why have Government a soft corner for this prince of contractors Sardar Bahadur Sir Sobha Singh ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I do not see any soft corner here.
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. IV of 1946, 29th March 1946. p. 3141.