§ MR. REES (Montgomery Boroughs)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that the Raipur-Vizianagram Railway will very insufficiently serve the vast tract of country it is intended to bring into the general network of communications in India unless it is accompanied by a simultaneous improvement of the harbour of Vizagapatam, which improvement, it is understood, forms no part of the scheme at present sanctioned and under consideration; and whether he proposes to take any action in the matter.
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR INDIA (Mr. JOHN ELLIS,) Nottinghamshire, RushcliffeThe railway from Raipur to Vizianagram has been sanctioned independently of any harbour scheme; but the question of improving the harbour facilities at Yizagapatam will no doubt be borne in mind by the Government of India; and the Secretary of State does not at present see any reason for taking any action in the matter.