(1) The Municipality shall take steps to remove, put down and abate all nuisances affecting public peace, tranquility, public safety, public health, morals and decency within its jurisdiction on public or private premises, and may proceed at law against any person committing any such nuisances for the abatement thereof and for damages.
(2) No person shall,-
(a) unauthorizedly affix upon any building, monument, post, wall, fence, tree or other public place, any bill, notice or other document, or
(b) deface, or write upon, or otherwise mark on any building, monument, post, wall, fence, tree or other public place, or
(c) litter the public places, streets, roads, parks, playgrounds and other such places, or [Act No. 11 of 2019] 119
(d) carry rubbish, filth or other polluted and obnoxious matter along any route in contravention of any prohibition made in this behalf by the authority, or
(e) bury or cremate or otherwise dispose of any corpse at a place not licensed for the purpose, or
(f) disturb public peace or order in violation of sound pollution control, or
(g) cause pollution of air in violation of air pollution control order, if any, or
(h) cause obstruction to the movement of vehicular or pedestrian traffic without permission from the competent authority, or
(i) affix indecent or obscene pictures or printed or written matter or any poster, bill, notice or other paper or means of advertisement against or upon any street, building, wall, tree, board, fence or pole or writes upon, spoils, defaces or marks any such building, wall, tree, board, fence or place with chalk or paint or any other way whatsoever, or
(j) quarry, blast, cut timber or carry on building operations in such manner as to cause, or likely to cause danger to persons passing by, or dwelling or working in the neighborhood.
(3) Any person who fails to comply with any order under this sub-section shall be liable for fine in addition to penal action, as prescribed.
120 [Act No. 11 of 2019] ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT Control of pollution.
162. Subject to the provisions of any law relating to air, water or noise pollution, for the time being in force, and in accordance with any notification by the State Government in that behalf, the Municipality may function as a competent authority for the enforcement of such law:
Provided that recovery of charges and imposition of penalty, is levied on those persons who are directly responsible for causing pollution of any kind referred above as prescribed by the Government.
DISASTER MANAGEMENT Management of disaster.