868 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
(g) Annemia. In this case also time is required to collect the statistics asked for.
(h) yes. 156 up to end of last December. The majority of deaths is due to natural causes. A small number is due to accidents at work sites.
(i) Yes. A post of chief Medical Officer of the Directorate of Unskilled Labour Supply has been sanctioned. In view of the special provisions made the local Civil Surgeon does not visit the camps. Serious cases are taken to Civil Hospitals.
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*** Rations at Coal Mine Workers Camps**
- Prof. N. G. Ranga : (a) Will the Honourable the Labour Member be pleased to state if the workers living at these mining labour camps are provided with rations directly by Government or through a contractor ?
(b) Is each worker allowed to draw his ration separately or are the rations given in bulk to a gang of fifty men ?
(c) Is it a fact that labour are usually supplied short weights by the contractor ?
(d) Can this labour purchase their rations from the Local Government Ration Shops or Depots ? If not, why not ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) Workers in mining labour camps are issued rations by Government through a contractor under the supervision of Group Officers.
(b) Rations are issued weekly in bulk for each gang.
(c) No.
(d) No, as they are issued free Government rations.
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@ Corporal Punishments at Coal Mine Workers Camps
- Prof. N. G. Ranga : (a) Will the Honourable the Labour member be pleased to state whether it is a fact that corporal punishment
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. II of 1945, 28th February 1945, pp. 819-20.
@ Ibid., p. 820.