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L. A. DEBATES (CENTRAL) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 751

are intact while the rest have been stolen. In the ordinary course, only 15 to 16 bulbs should have been supplied during this period on all points (taking the average life of a bulb at

1000 hours). As the provision of lamp locks has not prevented thefts, the Electrical Engineer is arranging to provide a special type of fittings to electric points in these lavatories. It is hoped that this arrangement will prevent thefts and improve lighting in the clerks’ lavatories.

(d) In view of the measures that are now proposed to be taken, I do not consider surprise visits by me necessary.

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*** Lawns in front of Orthodox Clerks’ Quarters** in D.I.Z. Area, New Delhi

  1. Sardar Sant Singh : (a) With reference to his answer to starred question No. 232, dated the 17lh November, 1943, will the Honourable the Labour Member please state whether he is aware that the C.P.W.D. Administration have supplied him with wrong information about the lawns in front of the orthodox clerks’ quarters in the D.I.Z. Area of New Delhi ?

(b) If the reply to (a) be in the negative, is he prepared to inspect some of these lawns without taking any P. W.D. officials with him and find out the correctness or otherwise of the information supplied to this House through him by the C.P.W.D. Administration ?

(c) If the reply to part (b) be in the negative, will the Honourable Member please state :

(i) whether in every case beyond the outer wall of the quarters, there is a road on the other side of which the laws begin ;

(ii) whether it is a fact that the edge of these lawns runs parallel to the walls of the quarters, i.e., in a straight line as far as the quarters were built in a straight line or follows any turn, etc., but always running parallel, in a regular manner, to the walls of the quarters ;

(iii) whether this straight alignment of the edges of the lawns is still maintained ; if so, the width of the said roads, viz., between

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