648 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
will also require de-watering and extensive underground survey and assays will have to be made before it will be possible to state whether they are workable. One or two other copper occurrences are also being investigated. They appear rather disappointing, but if assays are good, further exploration will be made.
- Mineral waters.—The Geological Survey has made an exhaustive examination of the mineral springs in India and for the last 18 months experimented with 6 types of’ ‘Indian spring’ Waters. They have been bottled as Red label (acid), White label (neutral), Green label (neutral), Blue label (Gastein), Blue label (Axis-les-Bains) and Yellow label (Vichy) types. The Red, White and Blue (Gastein) waters have been found to be efficatious and steps have been taken to bottle them for trial on a larger scale but arrangements have still to be made with the proprietors. The commercial aspect of these waters, both for Table mineral waters as well as for their valuable medical properties, is also under consideration.
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*** Provision of Taps and for Unfiltered Water in** Compounds of Orthodox Quarters in New Delhi
- Mr. Muhammad Azhar Ali : (a) Is the Honourable the Labour Member aware:
(i) That sometime back his predecessor promised to provide taps for unfiltered water in the compounds or courtyards of the orthodox quarters of the ministerial establishment in New Delhi but later on decided to keep the taps already installed outside the quarters open during the last summer months which concession was withdrawn during the last summer owing to thefts of the connection-locks ;
(ii) that sort of arrangement was most inconvenient and in many cases the water had to be carried to the quarters from great distances by ladies and children in the sun during the summer months ; and
(iii) that there are fairly big compounds in front of the quarters which can be usefully used by the tenants for growing vegetables
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. II of 1943, 2nd April 1943, pp. 1733-34.