The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Joly de Lotbinière, Lt. Colonel Alain Chartier
Joly De Lotbiniere, Lt. Colonel Alain Chartier, R.E., C.I.E., (1906), Chief Engineer, Bengal, formerly Chief Engineer, Jammu and Kashmir State; b. Quebec, Canada, 1862; s. of late Sir Henry Joly de Lotbinière,; m. Marion Helen Campbell, 1887; educ: R.M. College, Kingston, Canada; joined R.E. 1886; Captain, 1895: Major, 1903; proposed and carried out the first large Hydro Electric Transmission Power Scheme i.e. the Cauvery Falls Transmission of Power to the Kolar Gold Fields, Mysore, India; constructed a large Hydro-Electric Power Installation on the river Jhelum to be used for the Abbotabad-Srinagar Railway and for industrial purposes in Kashmir and the Punjab; Chief Engineer, Bengal; reverted to Military duty, 1914. Address: Srinagar, Kashmir, India.