§ *MR. REESI beg to ask the Secretary of State for India whether the project for connecting Bimlipatam with the East Coast Railway by a branch line, which was formerly approved by the Government of India, and was indeed part of the original East Coast Railway project, is 14 still alive or has lapsed, to the detriment of one of the few practicable ports on the coast of Coromandel and to the loss of the trade of Bimlipatam, which has been created by the enterprise of generations of European and Indian merchants.
§ MR. MORLEYThe project for constructing the line in question by private agency has lapsed, and I am not aware that the Government of India have any intention of constructing it as a State line.
§ MR. MORLEYI understand it has completely lapsed, but I will inquire as to that.