L. A. DEBATES (CENTRAL) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 639
(h) Yes ; these rooms were inspected by the officers of the Health Department but no objection was raised.
(i) Some of these converted rooms were actually occupied by the Gazetted Officers during the last summer season.
Statement
Second fortnight of February … … 60°F
First fortnight of March … … 75°F
April 1942 … … … 98°F
May 1942 … … … 104°F
June 1942 … … … 106°F
July 1942 … … … 96°F
October 1942 … … … 90°F
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*** Insufficient Lighting of Clerks’ Lavatories, etc.** in the North Block Secretariat, New Delhi
@ 432. Bhai Parma Nand : (a) Will the Honourable the Labour Member please state if most of the clerks’ Lavatories in the North Block Secretariat, New Delhi, specially on the first floor are not fitted with electric bulbs ?
(b) Is it a fact that all the officers’ lavatories in that building are equipped with electric bulbs ?
(c) Is it a fact that some clerical staff work till late in the evening ?
(d) Do Government expect these men to use the lavatories in the dark or do they expect them not to feel the necessity of using lavatories after dark ?
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. II of 1943, 30th March 1943, pp.
1587-88. @ Answer to this question laid on the table, the questioner being absent.