Raj-era chimney law smoked out, to be killed

Kolkata | Saturday | 1st December, 2018

Summary:

Chimney sweeps also inspired Michael Crichton’s novel ‘The Great Train Robbery’ and Charles Lamb’s essay ‘The Praise of Chimney-Sweepers’. English poet William Blake portrayed chimney sweeps in both ‘Songs of Innocence’ and ‘Songs of Experience’. Large-scale production and usage of coke, or coal, now falls within the ambit of other laws and central environmental regulations. A bill to repeal it will be introduced in the assembly soon,” said a senior environment department official. In such cases, the inspector was required to serve a notice so that she withdrew from the scene to allow the inspection.“The 1905 law is largely irrelevant now..