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Tuesday, July 5, 1977 Asadha 14, 1899 (Saka) LOK SABHA DEBATES (SIXTH SERIES) V o l. IV X Joly 5 to i s . *977/A o a d b a 14 to 14 , 1899 (S a lta )] Sccond Session, 1977/1899 (S a k a ) C Vol. IV contains Nos. 21— 30) LOK SABBA SECRETARIAT N E W D E L H I CONTENTS (Sixth Series, 'Volume IV, Second Session, 1977^ N<k 21, Tuesday, July 5, igrjjlAsadha 14, i 899 (5 afca) Oral Answers to Questions : C o lu m n s •Starred Questions^Nos. 329, 333, 334 and 337 . 1—31 ^ Short Notice Question No. 1 1 ............................................... 31—34 Wrinen Answers to Questions : * Starred Questions Nos. 128, 324 to 328, 330 to 332, 335, 336 and 339 to 342..................................................................................... 35—5° * Unstarred Questions Nos. 2527 to 2631 . 50— 144 Paper laid on the Table ........ 144 Statement re Reported taking over of power by Army in Pakistan— Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee.......................145—46 Demands for Grants, 1977-78— Ministry of D e f e n c e ................................ 147—64 Shri Jagjivan R a m ................................. 147— Ministry of Education and Social Welfare and Department of C u ltu re .....................................................................................163—298 Shri Hitendra D e sa i.................................................................. 165—75 Prof. Shibban Lai Saksena.........................................................185—190 Shri Om Prakash Tyagi ....... i9 l —200 Shri O. V. Alagesan ............................. 200—207 Shrimati Mrinal Gore. ....... 20®— Shn Bhagat Ram ( ............................. 2i9 -225 Shri Janeshwar M i s h r a................... 225—236 I •The sign + marked above the name of a Member indicates that the question ; was actually asked on the floor of the House by that Member. *■ (U) C o l u m n s $ Shri V. Arunachalam.................................................................. 236—242 Shri Manohar L a i ..................................................................242—248 Shri A. E. T. Barrow # ........................................... *•*'«*• *48 — 254 Shri Kalyan J a i n ] ..................................................................254—261 Shri Gev M. A v a r i ..................................................................261—266 Shri Ram Prakash Tripathi . 266-^-271 Shri Nathu S i n g h ..................................................................271—278 s Shri D.G. G a w a i ..................................................................278—282 Shri Dhirendranath Basu ....... 283—284 Shri R. Mohananmgam ....... 284—288 Shri Raje Vishveshvar Rao ...... 288—292 Shri Shambhu Nath Chaturvedi ............................................... 292—297 Shri D.B. Patil ......... 297—298 LOK SABHA DEBATES LOK SABHA Kms. of new line is estimated to cost Rs. 39.17 crores yielding a financial return of 4.2 per cent by D.C.F. Tuesday, July 5, 1977 /Asadha 14, 1899 (Saka) JTo wtj : ir^rer ' he Lok Sabha met at Eleven of the JT? 3ft cTfT % C’ock. «PT ^ ^ * cfta mferT ^— ^srqr- i h Sis [Mr. Speaklr in the Chair] rft¥-tfr cftTT *TgT<V? V fTO§ ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS t| | *hi6*ist *r GTWT % ir tt Conversion of Parbhani-Mudkhed- Atlilabad-Ghugus Line into Broad | firtr ^ *tt^ t Gauge Line ir T O ITT ^Tfr?TT | ^ft •329. DR. BAPU KALDATY: Will g g frp i H ft f ^ r the Minister of RAILWAYS be plea [ smVPftfl | I sed to state: It will expose the entire area to ia) whether Maharashtra Govern economic and industrial development. ment was carrying the work of sur Considering this fact, does the hon. vey for metre gauge to broad gauge Minister intend to take up that line line along the route Parbhani-Mud- in the near future? khcd-Adilabad-Ghugus; * (b) whether Maharashtra Govern ^nrvr^t ft ^ ^TFT^rft ment completed the survey; and tt* tft $ rftr ? f r (c) what are its findings? smf^TVrTT STIT^T ^t f t 3TOT I *ft fiPTT ft I <TT*T THE MINISTER,OF RAILWAYS sft frcft# AT? f» ijdlfw PROF. MADHU DANDAVATE): ia) to (c). A Preliminary Engineer- 4 .2 *nr*rr itrtt ft, ^ .ng-cum-Trafflc Survey for gauge con *f^wf T-til fVcH ^ 1 ^I'J version of Parbhani-Mudkhed-Adila- bad metre gauge section into broad JJ fa 10 gauge and construction of a new ' % *ft w h n fiT V w w ft broad guage line from Adilabad to Ghugus has been carried out fay South Central Railway recently at the in fzfri srnft ft stance of Government of Maharashtra $ i wwl-frfiw stt^ t *t their cost. According to the Sur swift *Rft £ %fv?r far rey Report this project having a length \ of 245.18 Kms. of conversion and 73.65 ift ^rrqyrft ft % %nHTT t * w * 1178 LS—1. 3 Oral Answers JULY 5, 1977 Oral Answers i WfrH <nf*R> w tipt as a prospective proposition? Has that been taken into consideration, 7 W W 5T*ft fH I 3^1 I while working out the percentage of return on investment? * t jjj TT o WI^ f miifl : 3ft f<iH r t Jrm t ^ M*Z ir PROF. MADHU DANDAVATE: Sir, as far as this aspect that is referred *rr fa Vtrpg^-f*TTT^ to by the hon. Member is concerned, *T iafifikwz, fTZ^ ?TrT Tjft 'ft that has already been taken note of. But, I may add that the area which 3ft f e f r«t><4l *1T he has referred to is not merely a CTCT *THT -jtim f<<l4 ^TV |ft prospective developing area but It is f*T?T *WT | I 5TKT S^TT Zlj? irfniT also an adivasi area. That is also an added reason why the backwardness qw l^ arrm | T^Hviii * fair is to be taken note of and we will fft WT3T aft tfr *Tn% r<5T«T keep this suggestion in mind and I I W^-T^HT Tfftm % shall consider that as a suggestion for action. % firam | i wnr ?n>T ^rt SHRI SONU SINGH PATIL: Will WTT t rfT ^ WTT^ <Tm £ the hon. Minister consider the advis ^*T*r nr w p t T t f%r®iT Tr^^rr i ability of changing this orthodox way f*r fa* for* &z*r sw rfe vn ftnr of judging the viability of the rate of return on investment as far as back ir w tt frz’t $ wrt ir fo>T ward areas which are inhabited pre « i ¥*f w t ? dominantly by adivasis and harijans are concerned? Sts W ? n ^ ! *llll"li( TOPT % PROF. MADHU DANDAVATE: T p r | ^ r ?it ^ f r Ttz$ 9?mr Sometime back I had made a refer ence that our norms will not be ortho STRi ? ^t *? fjfdfaildT IVeii dox norms. I hope that the hon. t i v\x ^ t t Member will expect me to be not p r r | t t f r w ^ h m i ^ *r r r t i$ an orthodox person but a modern man! And therefore, our norms will *r*«? Hfr t^ tt | I rfr <j^'h not be orthodox norms. We will al ■areTrft t ^ ^ TTTpfr ir ways see what are the likelihood of additional factors that may accrue to yjgir ftp fe ^ r w * h t 3 f w t i 5*rrft the development of the area and tak sfrftr T^t t fa fro? ftr ^ vt srrofaTm ing that into consideration, we will ? i ?fr 3WTf <wft *r 5>r Tr»r t^ t i always try to assess our return. SHRI VASANT SATHE: Sir, I PROF. R. K. AMIN: Mr. Speaker, would like to know from the hon. Sir, this is not a question whether Minister whether he is aware that the norms are orthodox or modern. in the Chandrapur area, which is rich In our country, because of the multi in coal, lime and forest resources in gauge system, It is uneconomical to stead of their being transported via transport the goods from one place this metre-gauge, at present, a circui to another. That is why a uniform tous route is adopted which is to-day gauge i8 required and it should be 150 miles, it will cut down the dis judged from that point of view. And tance to 48 miles. If this metre- if there is a new line that is to be gauge route is, used. la id .... Will that not be an economic factor MR. SPEAKER: No, you are now that should be taken into consideration explaining the position fully. Oral Answers ASADHA 14, 1809 (SAKA) Oral Answers 6 PROF. R. K. AMIN: Sir, my point this particular area, then I have no is this. Your norms are necessary objection. when the new lines are to be laid and not when the metre-gauge is to be SHRI KRISHNA CHANDRA HAL- converted into a broad-gauge line. DER: Sir, the Minister has already That is not the norm that should be replied the questions. applied. Here it should be only from the point of view of general develop MR. SPEAKER: By experience 1 say ment. that this question hour should not be utilised for discussing about po MR. SPEAKER: The Minister has licy matters. noted it down. SHRI KRISHNA CHANDRA HAL- PROF. R. K. AMIN: May I know DER: The Minister has replied the from the hon. Minister from that supplementary question. I only want point of view whether he has any to know from him whether he is general policy of converting the en aware that Bankura is a backward tire metre-gauge line into a broad- district and whether he will take up gauge line? the railway line Bankura-Damodar railway. At present there is a nar PROF. MADHU DANDAVATE. Sir, row guage line. I want to know whe do you permit me to transform this ther he will convert that into a broad- question in to .... gauge line because of the backward ness.