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(f) The decision to abandon the practice of permitting workers at
Giridih to build and repair their own houses should be reconsidered
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214. More attention should be given to housing, water supply,
drainage and latrines in metalliferous mining areas .. .. .e
213. Quarters for ‘ single ’ workers on the oilfields should in future
be constructed in the form of rooms for not more than 4 to 6 individuals
216. The scheme of the Tata Iron and Steel Co. and of the Tinplate
Company at Jamshedpur whereby loans are advanced to workers to
anable them to build their own houses under supervision should be more
widely adopted. . 2%
217. Railway housing : increased provision of houses should be
arranged for as rapidly as possible and more regard should be paid to
Indian preferences in design .. .
218. The psychological effects of segregation should be taken into
consideration in planning future developments of the kind at Jamshedpur
and Khargpur .. we
219. Government should give continued consideration to the problems
 created in special areas such as Jamshedpur with a view to devising
 a system whereby the principles of local self-government may be
applied .. ys a
220. (a) Provincial Governments should make a survey of urban
and industrial areas to ascertain their needs in regard to housing,
(6) They should then arrange for conferences with all interested
parties in order that decisions may be taken as to practicable schemes
and the method whereby their cost could be shared.
(¢) Local authorities should be responsible for the development
and lay-out of industrial areas and for the provision and maintenance of
proper sanitary conditions.
(d) Where suitable Government land is available, Government
should be prepared to sell or lease it to those who agree to build houses
within a specified period.
(e) Government should announce their willingness to subsidise in
his or other ways employers’ housing schemes approved by them ..
221. Recommendations for Government action :—
(a) Minimum standards in regard to floor and cubic space, ventilation
 and lighting should be laid down and should be
incorporated by all local authorities in their bye-laws.
.b) Water supplies, drainage systems and latrines for working
class dwellings should also be governed by regulations
drawn up by the Ministry.
(¢) Government should insist on the adoption within a specified
period and with modifications necessitated by local conditions
 of model bye-laws prepared and issued by them.
(d) Type-plans of working class houses with costs should be
prepared by Public Health Departments. Such plans should
provide for a small room for cooking and storing utensils,
and a front verandah is also desirable.
(e) Plans of approved types of latrines should be made available
222. Town-planning Acts are urgently required in the Bombay and
Bengal Presidencies and would be useful in other provinces: if the
Madras Act is ineffective it should be made adequate.

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