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Reclamation of low-lying sites.- (1) If for any reason it appears to the Commissioner that then level of the site on which it is proposed to erect or re-erect a building is likely to become in sanitary or likely to be a source of nuisance, he shall give to the owner of the site proposed to be built upon, a notice in writing, calling upon him to show cause in writing within thirty days after the receipt of such notice why the site should not be reclaimed with such materials and raised to such height and within such Madhya Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1956 135 | P a g e period not being less than six months from the date of the notice, as the Commissioner thinks fir and in the notice the Commissioner shall specify the cost at which the site can be reclaimed and raise by municipal agency if the owner desires to employ that agency. (2) No objection is stated within such period, as aforesaid, or if any objection with is stated appears to the Commissioner to be insufficient or not well founded, he may by a notice in writing, direct such owner or occupier- (a) to reclaim and raise the site within the specified period; or (b) within thirty days after the receipt of the said notice to pay to the Commissioner the estimated cost of reclaiming and raising the site by municipal agency. (3) in any case in which the estimated cost of the reclamation has not been paid to the Commissioner, and the owner still proposes to erect the building and fails to commence the reclamation with three months of the receipt of the notice under sub-section (2), or if fails to raise the site to the specified height with the specified materials within the specified period, the Commissioner may recover from him the estimated cost as stated in the notice issued under sub- section (1), or so much thereof as the Commissioner considers necessary to complete the work, and shall carry out and complete the work. 312-A. Power to prohibit re-erection of building on in accessible sites.- (1) If any building so situated as to be inaccessible to a fire-engine or as to cause obstruction to a fire-engine from reaching other buildings is demolished or destroyed by fire or otherwise, the Commissioner may by a notice in writing addressed to the owner of the building demolished or destroyed as aforesaid, direct that no building shall be erected which would be in accessible to a fire-engine or which would cause obstruction to a fire-engine from reaching other buildings. (2) No person shall erect or re-erect any building in contravention of a notice under sub-section (1).