Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Powers and functions of the Area Sabhas.- (1) The Area Sabha shall perform the following powers and functions, namely:- (i) It shall co-ordinate over all the functions of the Neighbourhood groups; (ii) It shall weed out any ineligible beneficiary selected by the Neighbourhood group but shall not add any new beneficiary or rectify any other decision of neighbourhood group which is binding on any individual or group of people or on the Municipality; (iii) It shall strategise and work through the Neighbourhood groups for all the matters relating to the collection of property tax, collection of water supply tariff, maintenance of water supply, maintenance of street light operations, maintenance of solid waste management, maintenance of sanitation, etc.; (iv) It may also take up responsibility of retailing of water supply as and when handed over by the Municipality retailing of water supply shall include buying bulk water from Municipality, retailing and collecting water tariff on behalf of Municipality; (v) It shall do well in Solid Waste Management, may share their experience in the neighboring wards; (vi) It shall also maintain the list of properties of Government and Municipality in their area and shall protect them from any encroachment by reporting it to the concerned authority; (vii) It shall strategise and work through Neighbourhood Groups for all the socio- economic programmes, health and sanitation programmes of the Municipality and the Government; (viii) It shall consolidate proposals of neighbourhood groups regarding civil works which are localised in nature to be undertaken in the current year and forward the same to ward committee for incorporation in the action plan of the Municipality; (ix) It shall not add any work or item more than 25% of items other than what is suggested by the neighbourhood groups but shall delete or prioritiese both for current year as well as for period of five years; (x) It shall revise the action plans at any point of time with the consent of neighbourhood groups; (xi) It shall take up social auditing of the projects of the Municipality and other Government departments and bodies related to the Urban Local bodies; and (xii) It shall maintain vigil on the quality of the development works taken up by the Municipality or by any other Government Departments and bodies like ensuring the information board relating to the work is put up on the site, ensuring that safety precautions as per the tender conditions are taken and seek information on whether the work is being executed as per the tender conditions, etc. Such function shall not be taken up by any individual member of Area Sabha but shall be taken up by the Area Sabha as a whole. (2) The procedure to be adopted by the Area Sabha in the transaction of its business shall be as may be prescribed. 75