Himalayan Times (1954)

Eight

July 1!, l.»H

0m lonion letter SOME OUTSTANDING FACTS ABOUT

(Continued 'froai page 5\

is attacked The dicta- BHAKRA-N ANGAL PROJECT

torial TuTe of the Muslim g .

League Government is ex- The Bhakra dam Branch form the longest

posed vividly with instances -will'be the world's second single unit lined canal

which even shocked many highest and the highest system in the world

reactionary supporters of among the straight gravuy ? Wi(h ^ material

the League in this country type dams U8ed 'in |jnitlg the 290

The democratic forces of 2. Concrete end mason- miles of Bhakra-Nangal's

East Pakistan have the ry required for the Bhakra canals ami branches, a

fullest support oi all the Project will be in the ,ioor 8ix inche8 thicU oan

progressive elements in neighbourhood of 500 mi- be oonstructed over an

Britain, and the new Com- Ujon cubic ft. more than area Dr 9 sq ln;les

mitee is arranging public ■ twice the cubic contents

meetings and demonstra-. 0f the seven biggest pyra- 8. For the. constrni-

tion in London and else- mida of Egypt. tion of one mile of Bhara-

where to expose the 3 The tota, number Nangal's canal systems

Mohamed Ah regime of ti,eg used jn linjng the the officers and the staff

The Naldrett Press has Bhakra Main Canal and had to travel 2,500 miles,

published a book on "Lon- its branches ia 65 crores Q 10 goneratjn(,

don Symphony" by Herbert ' and 'of bricks in masonry • annnn fws each

Foss and Noel Goodwin, works in the entire irri- , . ..^ ■. , . '. ,

... r , * ' .. . ■ 00 to be ultimately installe<l

with a preface by Dr. cation system is 28 crores. ,. '

r> '. . tt , -n. -c ' t 1 l a at the power houses near

Kalph vauenan u i hams, Ihese, it put end to end, .t „, '. , ... ,

T, r .. - -.. 11 1 .i ., the Bhakra dam will he

It is a portrait of a great will go round the earth it .. , .■ :. T

r\ * u 7 ■ .1 ... \ ? 4. tt the biccest units in India

Orchestra—the authentic about seven times at the , bn ,, , • .

, , ., , .. „ _„'.»__ and among the biggest

story of the evolution of equator, . ^^.^ 0 "

a great Orchestra in the 4. It would take seven S'a'

last fifty years. The book is crore men one day to EXPORT OF WOOL WASTE

for all interested in Music.' complete the entire canal

"The Enchanters ofMen" °f .thn Bhakra" New Delhi, July 3
by Marjorie Coryn is a Nangal Project In a presB Note dated
delightful study. The au- 5- The total earth- December 30, 1953, it was
tlioress has chosen eight work done on the Bhakra announced that exports
women for their divorsi- canals and its distributary of wool waste would be
ties, such . as Cloopatra: systems is 340 crore cubic licensed freely for ship-
Nell Gwyn, Marie Waleska; ' ft. This would suffice to ment upto Juno 30, 1954;
Anno Boleyb I like the build a road 20 ft. wide The position has been
description of ' Enchan- a'icl 3 ft. high from Delhi further reviewed and the
tress of the Nile', and to New York, a distance Government of India havo
Anne Baleyn-'AU or No- of about 9,200 miles, decided to extend the free
thing.' Sophie Dawes— 'AT 6 The Nangal Hydel licensing oJ wool waste for
Lady of Honour' is a Channel, the Bhakra Main shipment upto December
misfit- Line and the Bhakra Main 31,1954.