'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1914-1915' [‎196v] (62/150)

Chapter III.
PROTECTION.
Important works.
Debt.
Acquisition of land.
Progress of scheme?.
Construction of
chawls.
Trust programme.
Trust estates.
Dishousing and
chousing.
Administration of
chawls
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4. Ahmedabad carried out improvements to its water-supply, opened a si
purchased a steam-roller and paved some of its streets ; Broach deepened
constructed a workshop, stables for bullocks and incineiators ; a hospital build! ^
structed in Bandra and the vegetable market extended in Kurla ; operations for th Was COl >-
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ment of the water-supply in Sholapur and Barsi were in progress; the drains ~ L 1
Poona City was approaching completion ; the Belgaum, Hubli and Ahmedabad / • Cheniei1 '
parried out town improvements, and Dharwar constructed a compound fnr Ur
roona City was approaeumg nuuu ana Afimedabad M ' ■
carried out town improvements, and Dharwar constructed a compound for its c0 \) UniC1 P a ^i e $
in Karachi a gunpowder magazine and an Irish bridge were constructed, the
Empress market was renewed, footpaths were constructed, markets and slaimhter h 00 ° f tlle
improved, roads were widened and diverted, plots from the Port Trust were reclai" T 68W?re
construction of the new municipal office was continued ; a tank was filled up andTp^
Hyderabad ; municipal buildings were repaired and roads improved in Sukkur ■ Silv' 1 ^
improved its roads. Further particulars of water-supply and of sanitary scheme, i , rp “ r
in section 6 of Chapter VI of this report. ' " ll1 ^ lo ln( |
5. The repayment of loans during the year amounted to Rs. 2,66,115 le av i
loan liability of Rs. 71,00,596. The Surat Municipality purchased Boinbav "I
debentures for Rs. 35,000 ; Ahmedabad paid Rs. 84,386 towards its sinkino- p Un ! Clpa '
Rs. 70,000 towards an improvement fund. Kaira and Broach invested R s j n ? an<i
Rs. 38,600 respectively in Government promissory notes ; Karachi invested a sum of Rs • ^
in Government promissory notes and paid debentures of the value of Rs. 26,000 in re' 52,1 °
of loans. Government granted a loan of Rs. 20,000 to the Savda Municipality in
Khandesh district for sanitary improvements and the Poona City and Lonavla Munich IV
drew the last instalments of their loans (viz., Rs. 2,75,000 and Rs. 93,000 respectivelvlf
their drainage and water-supply projects. 0r
3.— Bombay Improvement Trust.
For details see the Administration Report of the City of Bombay Improvement Trust for the year
ending 31st March 1915. a
1. Throughout the year there was only one Special Collector engaged in acquiring land
Including the opening balance of 389 cases 475 land acquisition cases came before the Special
Collector and of these 269 remained undisposed of at the end of the year. The awards made
amounted to Rs. 28,34,008 for land aggregating 102,122 square yards, an average of Rs. 2775
per square yard. Over four-fifths of the cases, including almost all the important ones
involving about 93 per cent, of the total amount awarded, were settled. Beside these the
amount of the award was settled in eleven more cases but the awards were not declared owing
to claims for easement and want of clear title. Twenty-one cases pending from the previous
year were settled by the Tribunal of Appeal. There were one contested and 15 settled
references and 5 references were allowed to be withdrawn. The cost of the Special
Collector and his establishment declined from Rs. 50,382 to Rs. 36,776 owing to the with
drawal of one of last year’s two Special Collectors. The cost of the Tribunal increased from
Rs. 11,554 to Rs. 17,995. In addition, solicitors’ fees amounted to Rs. 16,648 and costs
amounting to Rs. 4,403 were paid to the other parties.
2. The programme of works had to be greatly curtailed owing to the outbreak of war,
with the result that expenditure on capital account works was reduced to Rs. 4,55,457 instead
of Rs. 11,80,586 as originally intended. The expenditure last year was Rs. 3^ lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees . In
addition, a sum of Rs. 1,32,733 was spent on general account works. Good progress was
made with the Sandhurst Road, Dadar-Matunga, Sion-Matunga, Nowroji Hill and East
Agripada schemes.
3. The work of construction of reinforced concrete chawls at Chinchbunder was
continued. Arrangements were made for carrying out the work of construction of chawls for
housing the mill hands of the Spring Mill.
4- Two schemes for widening the central and northern portions of the Parel Road
were added to the programme during the year. The width of the road will be approximate)
doubled for a length of about two miles.
5. During the year 1,814 square yards on the Fiats were acquired by Government for
the B. B. and C. I. Railway. The area of developed land permanently leased rose rom
631,000 to 690,000 square yards and the rental from Rs. io^ lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees to Rs. ir2 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees .
area of unleased developed land was 279,000 square yards besides 451,000 square yar
under roads, open spaces, etc. The area of undeveloped land decreased from 5 j 4 2 > 000
5,417,000 square yards.
6. Completion certificates were issued for 41 new buildings, and including the buildi^
for which permission to occupy was granted, the new accommodation made availab ecomp^
191 shops, 17 godowns, 1 soap factory An East India Company trading post. , 4 show rooms, 1 workshop, 1 music schoo, 1 e ^
sub-station, 404 tenements for families and 5 servants’ quarters^ Ac com mo a ! 1
provided in this and other ways for 3,729 persons during the year, while the num er . 1 excess
was 4,294.. There was however more than sufficient accommodation vacant or
of population dishoused in the Trust’s previously acquired houses. ^
7. The average population of the chawls and semi-permanent camps throug ^
year was 17,354. I he death rate was 25-07 as against the general City rate 0 3 ‘ revenll e
total rental of the 4ffi65 rooms in the Trust chawls is Rs. 2,31,414 P er annurn -