656 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
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- Provision of a Rickshaw Stand at the Cart Road Quarters, Simla
- Mr. Amarendra Nath Chattopadhyaya : Will the Honourable Member for Labour be pleased to state if Cart Road quarters in Simla are kept for occupation by the Members of the Central Legislature ? If so, does he propose to ask the Municipal Committee of Simla (i) to set up a Rickshaw Adda near about the quarters for the convenience of the Members ; and (ii) not to charge security deposit for temporary occupation of the quarters by the Assembly Members for electric light ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : As the Members occupy a very limited number of quarters on the Cart Road for short periods at a time, Government do not feel justified in approaching the Simla Municipal Committee for the provision of a rickshaw stand in the locality. The supply of electric energy in Simla is the concern of the Simla Municipal Committee and Government regret they are unable to interfere with the Municipal arrangements in this respect.
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@ Water Supply in New Delhi and Delhi
- Mr. Lalchand Navalrai : (a) Will the Honourable the Labour Member be pleased to state the arrangements that have been made for the supply of sufficient water for all purposes in New Delhi and Delhi itself to remove the inconvenience caused by the scarcity of water in these very hot days ?
(b) Is it a fact that the Jumna river bed was being straightened to get water to the pumps ? If so, how far has that scheme progressed, and will the water brought therefrom be sufficient for all purposes in both Delhi and New Delhi ?
(c) What arrangements are proposed to be made to cool the water which in these summer days gets too hot in the pipes ?
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. III of 1943, 28th My 1943, p. 130.
@ Ibid., pp. 134-35.