469 Written Answers PHALGUNA 14,1913 (SAKA) Written Answers 470 SHRI : II you work. People are dying of starvation. We think you are serving the country by this want a reaction from the Government. , attitude, it is for you; the people will take their own decisions. (Interruptions) [ Translation]

[ Trans/ation) Mr. Speaker, Sir, the hon_ Minister should make a statement on It. Workers are SHRI KHESLA TION SINGH (SarguJa): migrating from there. They·are starving. It Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is a tribal settlement cannot go like this. Two starrvation deaths of Gond ans Pando tribes at Bijapur village . have occurred in your Mandsaurdistrict and of block Badalnagar in Sarguja district. the Sarguja district has also witnessed such Pandas are very poor and backward clas~ deaths. How long will it continue? The h011. whom the Central Government has de- Minister should make a statement. (Inter- clared most backward class. Ribai Pando's ruptions) daughter-in-law and her son of this village died of stravatlon and Shrl Rlbal's brother is SHRI DAU DAYAL JOSHI (Kota): Mr. serious. They have neither foodgralns nor Speaker, Sir, the Central Govemment has money. The whole region is in the grip of all along been classifying the cities for the drought but no relief works have been started grant of salarie& and allowances to the State by the Madhya Pradesh Govemment with Government employees. Unfortunately the tne result thousands of families have mi- Govemment is not declaring Kota as a B grated and now they are on the verge of class city although it fulfill 811 the norms raid straving to death. Shri M.S. Singhdev. former down for the purpose. Bikaner, which has Chief Secretary of the Madhya Pradesh less population than Kota and has a popula- Government had apprised Shri Sundar Lal tion of 4 lakh 20 thousand, has been de- Patwa; the Chief Minister of the famine clared a B class city. Kota has a population situation through a letter. But it is very sad of 5 lakh and 60 thousand but till this day it that Shri Patwa has denied in his reply the has not been declared a B Class city. An prevalence of drought situation there and agitation is going on there. People are on refused to stal1 relief works. The district hUl)ge strike. J have received three tele- Panchayat OHicer, however, admits that grams. I have submitted one 01 them to you. tn-ere is drought situation but the District It is my submission that the State Govern- Collector of Sarguja is not ready to admit it. ment, the Central Government may declare Kota a B Class city immeditely. A man has I ·.;QUebl ill', il·_lIl PI. Minister to sent me a telegram again who is nearing send a study "'am o~ the Central Govern- death. Hundreds of people have been ar- ment :0 Madhya Pradesh to visit the entire rested. I request you to direct the Central drought -affected area, particularly the tribal Government to declare Kota a B Class city. belt, and to provide amount for relief works. Please do justice 10 Kota city.

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SHRI OIGVUAYA SINGH (Rajgarh): We want utatement from the Government. SHRI NANI BHATTACHARYA A Central Team must goto Madhya Pradesh. (): Sir, a serious situation has There is an utter chaos In the Slate ·01 emerged owing to satyagraha being re- Madhya Pradesh. People are going out sorted to by the workers of Maniindra-B. T. quitting their own homes. There is no relief Mills, Berhamupor, which cans