Himalayan Times (1957)

Bight

September S, 195"

LETTERS TO THE KDITOR printing press at GAN«tok
--- New Delhi, Sept 6

ntMHUru not roinoniiolt/or tbm* npriiirdin tkU column Sd.U.Timtl ■

III a written reply to

ANOMALOUS HILL ALLOWANCE a question by Shri Ko-

shava in the Lok Sabba

, Sir, The question of Will the Government reoeutly Shri K. C. Reddy,

restoration of the Com- kindly issue the orders Minister of Works,Housing

pensatory Allowance wide- soon to reotify this Bn(j Supply, said'that the

ly known as the Hill anomaly ? Yours eto. A proposal for the setting

Allowance to the poor Qovernment Servant. up 0f a printing press at

Kna™«^eDari«li^ FLOODS IN INDIA ^ <***t°k ^ been defer-

the hill areas of Darjeehng ,^red for the time boing

District has been represen. -It h*« been estimated ^ tQ finanoia, gtringell.

ted times without number. that during the last six cyipd the difficult foreign

Statistics taken in 1966 years the floods have cost /xc^g, position He

were also sorutinised but India over Rs. 300 orore. a(Jded tfaat tfae e8lin,ated

it is not known for what -—————~- non-recurring cost of the

Government is not usumg RADICALLY CURE project would be about

the restoration orders a* iron r»n i w- n»ci Ks 7.42 lakhs and that

yet. The people in this U3L UK. J. IV. UnO S tfaere wouW ^ an annua,

distnot are very hard hit. J00GA SARB0NA5 for .11 torts recurring expenditure of

This allowanoe was given of WORMS. Koond & Thread about Rs 1,73.000.

even in the days b fore Full Course for 3 Days As.-/JO/__

the wars started and it 12 full Count Rs. 6/- (Continued from y>age 7)

is about one hundrad years KARNA BHAIRAB for Chronic dous, something stupend-

that this allowance is in OTTORRHOEA Re. 1/- per phial. oils, and something which

force. Even to this day SANTHI SUDHA for all kinds shakes you up when you

one section ot Government of Hoadache, Pains, Const, Cold, 8Pe jt_ Bhakra today is

Servants - are getting the and Fe»ers. 20 Powder for Re. 1/- lh„ 8ymbol 0f India's

allowanoe and one section Packing 4 forwarding free for progress. The gigantio

is deprived of the most *<",d* abo" "»■ 10/- work they have undertaken

deserving consideration. 51 Pran Krishna Shaw Lane at Bhakra symbolises the

Government have promi- P. O. BARNASORE people's faith and deter-

sed to look into this but CALCUTTA—36 mination to maroh ahead".

why this silenoe after---_

collecting statistics, scru- • * W R 1ST W A T C II

tinising the same and even OF

promising in the Assem- MODERN TIME-

bly? The Chief Minister pro- « II9 w »*

mised times without num- »S XiiV JL^. TT <CtL

s^'LtTthto "res;" SHOCK-PROOF. WATER-PROOF. ' ANTIMAGNETIC.

even now. Most of the Unbreakable mainspring & guaranteed for a year

unfortunate Government with ^ Without Date.
Servants have already

been financially ruined in YOOR CHOICE AT CHOICEST PRICE,

this expensive hill station _ , , . ,.,.__„

of Darjeeiing. Sole Agents:- CORONA WATCH CO.