L. A. DEBATES (CENTRAL) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 671
(c) What is the installed generating capacity of the State Hydroelectric schemes developed by the United Provinces and the Punjab Governments, Native States like Mysore and Travancore, and the Tatas in Bombay, and what is the unabsorbed load available from these schemes at present ?
(d) Does the Honourable Member propose to lay on the table a statement showing from their latest data the possible head works site of the new hydro-electric schemes in India, together with the power likely to be obtained from each of the generation schemes ?
(e) Have Government thought out any possibility of converting Railways to be driven electrically in those localities where cheap power can be obtained ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) A brief survey of major hydro-electric possibilities throughout India was made about the end of 1941 by the Electrical Commissioner with the Government of India ;
(b) Promotion of hydro-electric schemes is primarily the concern of Provincial Governments and States. The Central Government is, how ever, fully alive to the desirability of hydro-electric development and the post-war organisation of the electricity supply industry including hydro-electric development is engaging the attention of the Reconstruction Committee of Council.
(c) and (d) During war-time it is not in the public interest to publish the information asked for. In any case, as already stated, the promotion of hydro-electric schemes is primarily the concern of the Provincial Government and States.
(e) Yes, the question has been considered from time to time and is always kept in view, but the availability or cheap power is only one of the factors which would determine the conversion of a particular section to electric traction.
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- Inclusion of certain Details in the Working of the Payment of Wages Act
- Mr. Muhammad Azhar Ali : (a) Will the Honourable Member for Labour please state if it is a fact that the Report on the working of the Payment of Wages Act on Railways does not indicate
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. III of 1943, 12th August 1943, p. 654.