2£1 Stott, by Minister ‘SRAVANA 9, JSU3 (SAKA} in and 262 Casualties jrom floods upper indravathi in river river in Orissa

hrs. reported to have collapsed by the im- pact of the floods and about 750 cattle STATEMENT BY MINISTER— heads are also reported to have been Contd. washed away.

Casualties from the excessive floods There have been some reports in the in the Wardha river in Maharashtra press that the Tank at Nakthan on the and in the Upper Indravathi river in tributory of Wardha river has brea- Orissa ched. But, the Irrigation Department of Maharashtra has confirmed that the [English] Minor Dam at Nakthan is intact and has not added to the rush of waters THE MINISTER OF WATER RE- that affected the Mohad village. SOURCES (SHRI VIDYACHARAN SHUKLA): According to the reports received from Government of Maha- The District Collectors and other rashtra, there were excessive rains in Senior Officers of the Government of the catchment of the Wardha river Maharashtra have reached the affected falling in the districts of Betul and areas and have started immediate re- Chindwara in and lief operations. Army has been called also heavy rains in and War- in for rescuing the marooned popu- dha districts of Maharashtra. The lation of Mohad Town and they have rainfall in Betul was 400 mm in 24 commenced their work. hours upto the morning of 30th July, 1991. Rainfall in the Narkheda teh- sil of was 350 mm in According to the reports received the 24 hours. This resulted in exces- from the Orissa State Government, due sive floods in the Wardha river on the to heavy rainfall of about 900 mm in night of 29th July, 1991. The flood catchment area of the River Indra- waters entered the town of Mohad vathi, there have been heavy floods situated on the banks of Wardha river in the river. The Upper Indravathi near the confluence of its tributory, Project located in the district Kala- Kolar. The village protection emba- handi is under construction. The Cof- nkment constructed for the village fer dam built for protecting the cons- along the banks of the Wardha river truction worksite was over topped due gave way and flood waters rushed to which waters rushed into the head- into the village by 4.30 early in the race tunnel under construction for the morning on 30th July, 1991. power house.

Because of the excessive rains in the In the tunnel, work was being car- region the road communication has ried out by about 27 workers, accord- been disrupted. Establishing imme- ing to the preliminary report of the diate contacts with the villages has additional District Magistrate. The become difficult. The preliminary re- District authorities immediately star- ports received from Mohad and other ted rescue operations on the 29th 4 affected villages of the Narkheda July and 7 dead bodies of the tehsil of District Nagpur (namely, Ja- workers are reported to have been re- lalkheda* Khairgaon, Bhugaon and covered by 30th July* 1991. The Mi- Madana) indicate the number of mis- nister of State, PWD and the State sing or dead persons to be about 119 Engineer-in-Chief have gone to the in Nagpur district. In addition, in site oh ,30th July, 1991 and are orga- Amaravati District, 21 persons are re- nising rescue and relief operations. ported to be missing or dead from the 22 villages which have been affected by the floods About 5000 houses are 263. General Budget , 1991-92— JULY 31,1991 General Discussion 264

SHRI RAM NAIK (Bombay-Nor- he had expressed regarding the public th): Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the morning and Private sectors. I would like to you have said that we can have a say only this much that so far about Calling Attention Motion. We should 99 lakh crore Rupees have been in- have a separate Calling Attention vested in the Public sector and the in- Motion on the flood situation in Ma- come it contributes towards the Pub- harashtra. lic exchequer is Rupees 2,502 crore. The Government on its part patroni- MR. SPEAKER: In the Calling sed the Public Sector and provided it Attention only four Members can ask with all incentives to forge ahead and clarifications. We are having a dis- the Public Sector too played a vital cussion on the drought and flood si- role in increasing the productivity and tuation under rule 193 and when we in taking the country forward. How- are discussing under rule 193, many ever, today the need of the hour is to Members can speak. make the Public Sector more efficient and the proposal to offload an equity of Rupees 2,500 crore should be vie- Now, the House stands adjourned wed as an endeavour to bring about for Lunch to meet at 2.30 p.m. today. more efficiency in the Public Sector, rather than an attempt to do away 1331 hrs. with the Public sector. Therefore, I wholeheartedly support the proposals The Lok Sabha then adjourned for made by the hon. Minister of Finance Lunch till Thirty minutes past Four- in this regard. Now, somebody men- teen of the Clock. tioned here that this Government do- esn’t protect the interests of the wor- kers. The Government took over about 102 sick textile units and formed the 14.35 hrs. National Textiles Corporation (N.T.C.) to protect the interests of the workers The Lok Sabha re-assembled after and the Government is operating these Lunch at Thirty five minutes past Four- units, unmindful of the fact that even teen of the Clock. today these units are suffering heavy losses. Therefore, it is wrong to say [SHRIMATI MALINI BHATTA- that the Government is not concerned CHARYA in the Chair] about the interests of the workers. It was also mentioned here that the hon. GENERAL BUDGET, 1991-92— Minister of Finance made a reference GENERAL DISCUSSION—Contd. to the Congress election manifesto, during the course of his Budget speech. [English] I would like to remind here that the hon. Minister of Finance belongs to the MR. CHAIRMAN: Now the House Congress Party and for us the Mani- will take up further discussion on the festo is of great significance. Our ap- General Budget Shri Sukh Ram to proach is different from that of the continue. Bhartiya Janata Party, which preaches something in its manifesto and prac- tices something else. In their last elec- [Translation] tion Manifesto, the Bharatiya Janata SHRI SUKH RAM (Mandi): Ma- Party had stated that it stood for the dam Chairman, yesterday I had refer- implementation of the recommenda- red to the Public Sector in my speech tions of the Mandal Commission. Now, and later on Shri Nirmal Kanti Chat- the B.J.P. Government in Himachal terjee delivered a long and exhaus- Pradesh is not opposed to the recom- tive speech on tfte subject, which last- ed for more than one hour. He seems mendations made by the Mandal Com- to be an academician and Shri Man- mission, but at the national level, the mohan Singh will reply to the views party has approached the Supreme