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Power to remove difficulties SCHEDULE THE ANDHRA PRADESH SLUM IMPROVEMENT (ACQUISITION OF LAND) ACT, 1956 ACT No. XXXIII OF 1956 [15th November, 1956] AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ACQUISITION OF LANDS SLUM AREAS 1(XXXX) OF THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH. WHEREAS there are a number of slum areas in almost every town 1(XXXX) of the State of Andhra Pradesh which are a source of danger to public health and sanitation; AND WHEREAS under the existing law, it has not been possible to provide for the basic needs of sewerage, water-supply and road and side-drains in these slum areas, without causing excessive financial strain on the owners of the lands affected; AND WHEREAS to obviate this difficulty, it is expedient first to acquire the lands in those areas and thereafter to undertake the execution of work designed to improve those areas; BE it enacted in Seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:-