Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) All drains, sewers, privies, water-closets, toilets, house- gullies, gutters and cesspools within the municipal area, whether private or public, shall be under the survey and control of the Board of Councillors. (2) All covered drains, sewers and cesspools, whether public or private, shall be provided with proper taps, coverings or other means of ventilation; and the Chairman may, by written notice, call upon the owner of any such covered drains, sewers and cesspools to make provision accordingly. 318 The West Bengal Municipal Act, 1993. XXII of 1993.] (Part VL—Civic Services.—Chapter XVL—Drainage and sewerage.—Sections 248-251.)