L. A. DEBATES (CENTRAL) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 689
constructed in the open space lying between Baird Square, East and Irwin Road in New Delhi ?
(b) Is he aware—
(i) that this area now looks very much like a congested portion of the city containing small gallies and lanes ; and
(ii) that the present officials of the Central Public Works Department have totally ignored the original idea of the layout of New Delhi, and have made the said area very congested ?
(c) Is it a fact that it is proposed to construct more E-type orthodox quarters ?
(d) Are Government prepared to consider the advisability of constructing new quarters in such a manner that the “Clerks’ residential areas” do not become more congested than they are at present, and that provision is made for lawns and open spaces near these quarters ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) Yes.
(b) (i) and (ii) No.
(c) Yes.
(d) Government have always acted in this manner.
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- Desirability of Closing Certain Passages in Havelock and Baird Squares New Delhi
@ 149. Sardar Sant Singh : (a) Will the Honourable the Labour Member please state whether it is a fact that all the squares of D-type orthodox clerks quarters in the D.I.Z. Area of New Delhi had their four corners open as passage ?
(b) Is it a fact that these passages were closed later ?
(c) Was one of the reasons to protect the lawns in front of the quarters in those squares ?
(d) Are Government aware—
(i) that in Havelock and Baird Squares, B and C-type of quarters, there are passages after every two quarters except at the corners ; and
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. IV of 1943, 13th November 1943, pp. 244-45.
@ Answer to this question laid on the table, the questioner being absent.