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Dehra Dun. Supplementary Notes and Statistics to Volume I of the District Gazetteers of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh

1916

The three parts of the scheme consist of the Sansadhara feeder to increase the supply of the Kalanga canal by tapping the sources higher up at a cost of some Rs. [...] The excise revenue has continued to increase and reached a maximum of 33 lakhs of rupees in 1912-13 considerably more than double the land revenue of the district and a surprising sum for a district of the small area and population of Dehra. [...] nett water rate in addition to the income derived from the Dehra extension have enabled the Board to establish a proper financial equilibrium at last in spite of the heavy financial burden imposed by the final total cost of the scheme and of the gradual withdrawal of the Government subsidy which is being decreased by Rs. [...] This sum includes the cost of the new plant and extensions at the Power House the remodelling of the high and low tesion lines the cost of the new pumping station and plant at the Mackinnon Springs and the alterations to the plant at the main pumping station. [...] The meter system is used for registering the amount of current consumed in houses and the larger shops but in bazars the contract system has been established which enables the small shopkeeper to have his installation put in free of charge and the benefit of the electric light for the small sum of Rs.
government politics public policy
Pages
48
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.100009
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
i-i unknown view
Alterations and Additions to Part A of the Dehra Dun District Gazetteer Bringing it up to Date (1916)
1-15 unknown view
Gazetteer of Dehra Dun. Appendix
i-xxx unknown view