Official Report Bengal Legislative Council Debates Friday 18th February 1938

the Managing Agents of the Railway and the District Board 24-Parganas regarding the liability of the District Board to compensate the loss of the Railway Company in working the said line ; (c) whether it is a fact that the District Board 24-Parganas has been paying compensation to Messrs. [...] NUR AHAMED: (a) Will the Hon'ble Minister in charge of the Communications and Works Department be pleased to state whether the Dharung Khal" in the Faticksery thana of Chittgong district has caused immense suffering owing to the silting up of the same ? (b) Will the Hon'ble Minister be pleased to state whether it is a fact that in the later part of the year 1937 a deputation of the leading peop [...] HAMIDUL HUQ CHOWDHURY: (a) Will the Hon'ble Minister in charge of the Finance Department be pleased to lay on the table a statement showing the amount recommended by the two Retrenchment Committees appointed by the Government to be saved by retrenchment and the actual saving by the Government on the said recommendation? [...] 515 (c) If the answer to (b) is in the affirmative will the Hon'ble Minister be pleased to state them ? (d) Is the Hon'ble Minister aware that the acceptance by the Government of the said proposal has spread alarm and disaffection in the ranks of land-holders? [...] (g) Is the Hon'ble Minister considering the desirability of supending for a period of ten years all the provisions of the Tenancy Act relating to reduction of rent in view of the fact that in the Tenancy (Amendment) Rill.