(1) The Corporation shall have the power to accord administrative approval, revised administrative approval, technical sanction, acceptance of all tenders, sanctioning, budget and making financial provisions, settling disputes arising out of contracts and any other things which may be necessary or expedient for the purposes of carrying out its functions under this Act.
General Powers of the Corporation.
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(2) without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provision such power shall include the power,-
(a) to acquire and hold property, both movable and immovable as the Corporation may deem necessary for the performance of any of its functions, duties, and activities and to lease, sell, exchange or otherwise transfer any property held by it on such conditions as may be deemed proper by the Corporation;
(b) to construct or cause to be constructed such facilities within the scope of its functions, and such other works and structure as may be required;
(c) to take measures to prevent pollution of any water under its control and to take all measures deemed necessary to prevent discharges into such water of effluents which are harmful to water supply, or public health;
(d) to assist the water users associations and any other societies or organisations formed under any other law for the time being in force for the better use of facilities made available by the Corporation;
(e) to engage suitable consultants or persons having special knowledge or skill to assist the Corporation in the performances of its functions; and
(f) to do all such other things and perform such other acts as may be necessary for or incidental or conducive to any matters which are necessary for furtherance of the objectives for which the Corporation is established.
19. The Corporation shall, from time to time, determine and levy charges for the facilities provided and services rendered for any purpose to the Government, Local Charges for providing facilities and rendering services.
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Provided that, the levy of such charges shall be such that the charges so recovered shall be sufficient at least to cover the interest charges of the loans raised by the Corporation from the open market.
20. The Corporation shall pay the interest on the borrowed money through the recovery of charges levied and collected under section 19 of this Act.
21. No person shall construct, operate or maintain within the area of operation of any project or work or scheme vested in or entrusted to the Corporation any facility for the extraction of surface water, without the prior approval of the Corporation:
Provided that the Government or a Local Authority may, construct and operate such facility, or assign or hand over such facility to the Corporation.
22. The Corporation shall keep Co-ordination with the Government, Local Authorities and Statutory Bodies with a view to minimising inconvenience likely to be caused by the Corporation‟s projects, works and schemes.
23. All or any of the functions that may be carried out or all or any of the powers that may be exercised by the Government or any authority or officer under any law for the time being in force or the rules framed thereunder, in respect of any project or work or scheme vested in or entrusted to the Corporation may be carried out or exercised by the Corporation or any officer of the Responsibility of the Corporation for payment of interest on borrowed money.
Prohibition of construction of any facility for extraction of surface water without approval of Corporation.
Co-ordination with other authorities to minimise inconvenience caused by projects or works or schemes of the Corporation.
Powers to be exercised by the Corporation under certain Laws.
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24. The Government may issue to the Corporation such general or special directions as to policy or exercise of the powers or performance of the functions by the Corporation, as it may think necessary or expedient for carrying out the purposes of this Act and the Corporation be bound to follow and act upon such directions.
25. Save as otherwise expressly provided herein, section 17 to 52 in chapter V and sections 53 to 77 in chapter VI of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Act, 1989 are hereby extended to and apply mutatis and mutandis to the Corporation established under this Act, in relation to the properties and assets of the Corporation and all references in the said sections of the said Act to “Board” shall be read and construed as references to “Corporation” in so far as such properties and assets are concerned.
CHAPTER - V ACQUISITION OF LAND
26. The Government may, for carrying out the purposes of this Act, compulsorily acquire land under the 7Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and the acquisition of any land for any of the said purposes shall be deemed to be of a public purpose within the meaning of that Act:
Provided that where the owner of a land agrees to surrender his land at a price mutually agreed between the Corporation and the owner, the Corporation shall have the power to acquire such land at agreed rate with the prior approval of the Government.
7. See now the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (Central Act 30 of 2013).
Powers of the Government to issue directions.
Application of the provisions of Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Act,
1989.
Act 15 of 1989.
Power to acquire land.
Central Act 1 of 1894.
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