At Sindri, on the banks of the River Damodar, where five years ago were only mud huts in paddyfields, a new $48 million ammonium sulphate factory stood last week. It was the first big project completed by Prime Minister Nehru's government, and a source of swelling pride to India. In a land where famine is often a threat and sometimes a reality (3,000,000 people died of starvation in 1943), the development of artificial fertilizers to stimulate food crops has long been a dream of the Nehru government.
Ten thousand Indian workers (guided by 44 Americans and 40 Britons) had labored for...
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