Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
An Area Sabha may, having regard to its managerial, technical, financial and organizational capacity and the actual conditions prevailing in the Municipal area, perform and discharge the following functions and duties, namely- (a) to generate proposals and determine the priority of schemes and development programmes to be implemented in the Area and to forward the same to the Wards Committee; '. (b) to verify the eligible persons from the Area for ben~fiCiary oriented schemes on the basis of criteria fixed by the State" Government and prepare a list of eligible beneficiaries in order of priority and to forward the same to the Wards Committee; (c) to verify the eligibility of persons getting various kinds of welfare assistance from the State Government or the Government of India; Term of Office of the Representative. Secretary of the AreaSabha . Meeting of the AreaSabha. Functions and duties of the AreaSabha. Rights and powers of the Area Sabha, Constitution of Wards Committee. 206 PUNJAB GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA), APRIL 16,2013 (CHTR 26, 1935 SAKA) to suggest the location ofstreets, streetlights, community water taps, public wells, public sanitation units and such other civic amenity schemes within the Area; to identify the deficiencies in the civic amenities in the Area and suggest remedial measures; " to assist the activiti~~ of public health'centres i~ th"eArea, especially in disease prevention and family welfareand to report on the incidence of epidemicsand natural calamities; to provide and mobilize voluntary labour and contributions in cash and kind for development programmes and to supervise , , such development works through volunteer teams; * • ' ,t',,' 1,1}. to undertake and support tax' mapping and t9 remind people of the Area of their obligations to pay taxes and user charges;' to impart awareness' on 'matters of public interest, such as cleanliness, preservation of environment and prevention of pollution; to promote harmony and unity and to arrange cultural festivals and sports meets to give expression to the talents ofthe people of the Area; and to co-operate with. the Wards Committee. for sanitation arrangements in the Area.