Read the following excerpts carefully and answer the questions that follow:

“For the regulation of nuisances of every description”

By the early nineteenth century the British felt that permanent and public rules had to be formulated for regulating all aspects of social life. Even the construction of private buildings and public roads ought to conform to standardised rules that were clearly codified. In his Minute on Calcutta (1803) Wellesley wrote:

It is a primary duty of Government to provide for the health, safety and convenience of the inhabitants of this great town, by establishing a comprehensive system for the improvement of roads, streets, public drains, and water courses, and by fixing permanent rules for the construction and distribution of the houses and public edifices, and for the regulation of nuisances of every description.

(a) How does Wellesley define the duty of the government?

(b) What was the work done by the Lottery Committee?

(c) How did the threat of epidemics give an impetus to town planning in Calcutta?