614 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
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*** Inspection of Combined “C” Type Quarters in** New Delhi
†284. Sardar Sant Singh : (a) Will the Education Secretary please state whether the Health Officer, New Delhi, was ever invited to inspect the residential accommodation in New Delhi, and to see that all accommodation for living purposes was provided with proper ventilation, etc. ?
(b) If the answer to (a) be in the affirmative, did this officer ever inspect the combined “C” type quarters in the D.I.Z. Area, New Delhi?
(c) If the answer to (b) be in the affirmative, did the said officer submit any report either to the New Delhi Municipal Committee or to the Government of India about the suitability or unsuitability of the rooms in those quarters for use as bed rooms, etc. ? If so, does he propose to lay a copy of that report on the table of the House ? If he did not submit any report, why not ?
(d) If the Health Officer was never invited to inspect these quarters, what were the reasons for not doing so ? Is he prepared to issue instructions that these quarters are thoroughly inspected at an early date ? If not, why not ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) No.
(b) and (c) Do not arise.
(d) The design of these quarters was approved by the Municipal Committee before they were constructed and Government have not considered it necessary to have these quarters inspected by the Health Officer. I am however arranging to have these quarters inspected by the Health Officer.
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@ Transfer to Lien to Allottees of Combined “C” Type Quarters in New Delhi
†285. Sardar Sant Singh : (a) Will the Honourable the Labour Member please state whether it is a fact that up to last year the allottees
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. II of 1943, 11th March 1943, pp. 970-71.
@ Ibid., p. 971.
† Answer to this question laid on the table, the questioner having exhausted his quota.