Streets have curbing of stone blocks, 6"x18"x14" that are fitted tightly together & may or may not be cemented. When not cemented it makes possible widening the street without having to destroy the curbing. I saw many instances of Indian laborers, including women engaged in widening streets by resetting these curbing stones. Have seen piles of coal. Fuel evidently consists of coal but & it is apparently unpatented. An oil engineer travelling with me on flight to Calcutta said no natural gas in India. Kerosine & charcoal used. Natural gas in W. Pakistan. It is said (Mrs Mason, USIS, Calcutta) that some joo people cripple a baby's hand so that they can be more successful at begging. They hold forth the child's deformed hand.