Edwin Lutyens, and Mr. Brodie, who formed with Mr. Lanchester the expert committee appointed to the Government of India respecting the and planning of the New Delhi, e returned to England and are in communication with the India Office.
The original intention that they should remain in Northern India during the greater part of the Monsoon season, says & writer in the "Pall Mall Gazette," was departed from when it was definitely decided that the Durbar site would be unsuitable for the Imperial capital. There can be no question of the water-logging of the new site, for it on rising ground to the west of the road to the Kutab Minar and has natural drainage. The committee can further formulate their proposals as readily for the time being in this country as in Delhi itself.
They will return to India in the middle of December, by which time a beginning can be made with building operations. Indeed the spacious avenue connecting the present city with the new capital will be commenced as soon as possible after the rains, which come to an end in Northern India in September. The situation of the principal buildings of the new city, Government House and its surroundings, will be about 34 miles from the Jama Masjid, and will be no further from the present Delhi than if the Durbar tite had been chosen.
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