It shall be incumbent on the Corporation to make adequate provision by any means or measures which it may lawfully use or take for each of the following matters, namely :-
(a) the construction, maintenance and cleaning of drains and drainage works and of public latrines, urinals and similar conveniences;
(b) the construction and maintenance of works and means for providing supply of water for public and private purposes;
(c) the scavenging, removal and disposal of filth, rubbish and other obnoxious or polluted matters;
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(d) the reclamation of unhealthy localities, the removal of noxious vegetation and generally the abatement of all nuisances;
(e) the regulation of places for the disposal of the dead and the provisions and maintenance of places for the said purpose;
(f) the registration of births and deaths;
(g) public vaccination and inoculation;
(h) measures for preventing and checking the spread of dangerous diseases;
(i) the construction and maintenance of municipal markets and slaughterhouses and the regulation of all markets and slaughter-houses;
(j) the regulation and abatement of offensive or dangerous trades or practices;
(k) the securing or removal of dangerous buildings and places;
(l) the construction, maintenance, alteration and improvements of public streets, bridges, culverts, causeways and the like;
(m) the lighting, watering and cleansing of public streets and other public places;
(n) the removal of obstructions and projections in or upon streets, bridges and other public places;
(o) the naming and numbering of streets and premises;
(p) the maintenance of municipal offices;
(q) the laying out or the maintenance of public parks, gardens or recreation grounds;
(r) the maintenance of a fire-brigade and the protection of life and property in the case of fire;
(s) the maintenance of monuments and memorials vested in a local authority in the City immediately before the commencement of this Act or which may be vested in the Corporation after such commencement;
(t) the maintenance and development of the value of all properties vested in or entrusted to the management of the Corporation; and
(u) the fulfilment of any other obligation imposed by or under this Act or any other law for the time being in force.
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