L. A. DEBATES (CENTRAL) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 773
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*** Closing of Arches between Quarters on Irwin** Road, New Delhi
- Mr. Muhammed Azhar Ali: (a) Is the Honourable the Labour Member aware that sometime back some of the passengers (arches) in between the Government quarters situated on the Irwin Road, New Delhi, were closed for vehicular traffic, etc.?
(b) Is the Honourable Member aware that some of these have been closed by erecting small pillars of cements and others by putting up a revolving iron bar gate fixed in a ‘V’ type of structures ?
(c) What is the object and utility of putting up these iron bar gates when ‘V’ type of structures can easily block the way for vehicular traffic ?
(d) Is the Honourable Member further aware that children while playing get hurt—sometimes very seriously—by these iron bar gates ?
(e) Does the Honourable Member propose to consider the desirability of getting these iron gates removed immediately and have them utilized in some other way ? If not, why not ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: (a) Yes.
(b) Yes.
(c) To stop cycle traffic.
(d) No.
(e) Government will be prepared to consider the suggestion of the Honourable Member.
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@ Absence of Muslim Officers in Central Stationery Office
- Mr. Muhammad Nauman : (a) Is the Honourable the Labour Member aware that none of the officers in the Central Stationery Office is a Muslim ?
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. III of 1944, 4th April 1944, p. 1914.
@Ibid., p . 1915.