May I ask one question of Mr. Gopalaswami Ayyanger ? He said that “national highways” without any further qualification would only mean construction and maintenance of national highways and he said that item 31 provides for “carriage of passengers and goods on such waterways”. These according to him are not restricted by the powers conferred on the centre. Without that the Centre will not have such power. On the other hand, can it not be taken as restricting the powers of the Centre, and if that is so, is it not necessary to accept in some form Mr. Madhava Rao’s amendment ?
