The Municipal Commissioner or the Executive Officer may by notice require the owner of, or the person having control over, a private watercourse, spring, tank, well, or other places, the water of which is used or likely to be used for drinking or culinary purposes, to clean the same, from time to time, of silt, refuse or decaying vegetation, and may also require him to protect the same from pollution in such manner as to the Municipal Commissioner or the Executive Officer may seem fit, and in the case of a well to repair the same.
343. Power to prohibit use of polluted water for drinking or culinary purposes –
(1) If the Director of Public Health, the Civil Surgeon of District, the Municipal or any Health Officer authorised on this behalf certifies that the water of any watercourse, spring, tank, well, or other place, used or likely to be used for drinking or culinary purpose, is, if so used, liable to endanger or cause the spread of disease and that, owing to its situation or other cause, such place cannot effectively be protected from pollution, or if the owner of, or person having control over, any such place refuses or neglects, to comply with a requisition of the Municipal Commissioner or the Executive Officer under section 342, the Municipal Commissioner or the Executive Officer may –
(a) by public notice prohibit the use or removal of water from such place for drinking or culinary purpose during a period to be specified in the notice and take such steps as >kj[k.M xtV ¼vlk/kkj.k½] o`gLifrokj 9 Qjojh] 2012 575 he may consider necessary to prevent the removal of water for such purposes; or
(b) in the case of private well, require the owner of, or person having control over it, to close it permanently or to seal it up with suitable materials.
(2) Any person who fails to comply with an order under this section shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand rupees.
344. Power to inspect and disinfect sources of water used for drinking - The Municipal Commissioner or the Executive Officer or any person authorised by him in that behalf may, at all reasonable times, inspect and disinfect any watercourse, spring, tank, well or other place from which water is, or is likely to be taken for drinking or culinary purposes: Provided that reasonable notice shall be given before inspection of a well situated within a house.
Public Conveniences
345. Public latrines and urinals -
(1) The municipality shall, by itself or through any other agency, provide and maintain in proper and convenient places a sufficient number of public latrines and urinals for use by the public.
(2) Such public latrines and urinals may be so constructed as to provide separate compartments for each sex.
General Provisions
346. Prohibition of nuisances -
(1) No person shall –
(a) commit any nuisance in any public street or public place, or
(b) unauthorizedly affix upon any building, monument, post, wall, fence, tree or other public place, any bill, notice or other document, or
(c) unauthorizedly deface, or write upon, or otherwise mark on any building, monument, post, wall, fence, tree or other public place, or
(d) litter the public places, or >kj[k.M xtV ¼vlk/kkj.k½] o`gLifrokj 9 Qjojh] 2012 576
(e) carry rubbish, filth or other polluted and obnoxious matter along any route in contravention of any prohibition made in this behalf by the Municipal Commissioner or the Executive Officer by notice, or
(f) bury or cremate or otherwise dispose of any corpse at a place not licensed for the purpose, or
(g) disturb public peace or order in violation of sound pollution control order, if any, or
(h) cause pollution of air in violation of air pollution control order, if any, or
(i) cause obstruction to the movement of vehicular or pedestrian traffic without permission from the competent authority.
(2) Where the Municipal Commissioner or the Executive Officer is of the opinion that there is a nuisance on any land or building, he may, by notice, in writing, require the person by whose act, default or sufferance the nuisance arises or continues or all of the owners, lessees or occupiers of such land or building to remove or abate the nuisance by taking such measures, in such manner, and within such period, as may be specified in the notice.
(3) Where the Municipal Commissioner or the Executive Officer is of the opinion that immediate, removal of any nuisance continuing on any land or building in contravention of the provisions of this Act is necessary, he may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, cause such nuisance to be removed forthwith.
(4) Any person or group of persons who fails to comply with any order under this section shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand rupees.