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The Municipal Commissioner may, al any lime with lhe previous sanction or lhe Mayor-in-Council,— (a) lay out and make new public streets, or (b) consiruci bridges and subways, or (c) [urn or divert any existing public sireei, or (d) lay down and determine Lhe position and direction of a street or streets in any part of '[Kolkata], or (e) declare any street, made and duly executed either under an improvement scheme in pursuance of the provisions of the '[Kolkata] Improvement Act, 1911 or by any other statutory body, lo be a public slreel. -(f) Define the regular line of a street or slreels. No new public street made under lhis Chapier shall be less than Minimum widlli of new len meires in width, including the footpath: Provided that a pedestrain pathway in a new colony planned by any statutory body and specifically approved by lhe Slale Government for the purpose of Lhis scclion may be six metres in width. p u b l i c s l r e el. 3s2. The Municipal Commissioner may, subject io the oiher provisions of this Acl,— (a) acquire any land required for the purpose of opening, widening, extending or otherwise improving any public street, square, park or garden or of making a new one, together wilh any building standing upon such land; (b) acquire, in relation to any land or building as aforesaid, such land wilh building thereon outside lhe regular line or the projected regular line of such public street; (c) acquire any land for the purpose of laying out or making a public parking place. 750 The Kolkata Municipal Corporation Act, 1980. Temporary closure or publics! reel. Closure of public street for parking purposes. [Wtsl B(jn. Act ■'353. (1) The Municipal Commissioner may, wilh the previous sanction of the Mayor-in-Council, and subject lo the approval of lhe Slale Government, permanently or Lcmporarily close ihc whole or any part or a public street, park, square or garden in Lhe public interest or Tor the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this ACL: (Part Vi,—Town Planning, Land and Land Use Controls— Chapter XXI.—Streets and public places A. Public streets, etc.-—Sections 354, 355.) Provided lhai the Municipal Commissioner shall give a public nolice of sucli closure by inserlion in al leasi three local newspapers and lhe notice shall specify lhe dale on and from which lhc closurc shall be etfecied. (2) For the purpose of carrying out any development work in any public street, park, square or garden orany part thereof, such public street, park, square or garden or lhc pan thereof or lhe sub- soil thereunder may be dealt with or settled or transferred, as lhe case may be, either temporarily or permanently by way of grant of lease or licence, as Ihe case may be, and on such terms and conditions and Tor such period as the Municipal Commissioner may, with Lhe prior approval of Lhe Mayor-in-Council and subjeci Lo lhe approval of Lhe Siaic Government, determine and for such development work lhe public street, park, square or garden or any pan thereof may be closed temporarily or permanently, as the case may be, and in such case a public nolice shall be given in the same manner as in sub-section (I) specifying lhe dale from which the closurc shall be effected: Provided lhat lhc site of so much of the roadway or footpath as would not be required for using as a public road or public thoroughfare by reason of providing better and alternative public road or public thoroughfare including footpath shall be dealt with or settled or transferred on lease or license. Explanation.—For the purposes of this seciion, "development work" shall include all works for development and improvement by way of proper and adequate or better utilisation, cither underground or on the surface, of a public sireel, park, square or garden. 3S4. The Municipal Commissioner may temporarily close the whole or any part of a public street lo permit development and maintenance work, and may, subject to the condiiions determined by Lhc Mayor-in- Council, authorize such closure for other purposes for any period not exceeding a fortnight.