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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 re- 
considered . 
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 pro- 
blems created in special areas such as Jamshedpur with a view to devis- 
ing 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, ventila- 
tion 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 condi- 
tions 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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