Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
A municipality may, at its discretion, provide, either wholly or partly, out of the municipal property and fund, for the following matters within the limits of the municipal area:— (1) in the sphere of public works,— (a) giving relief to, and establishing and maintaining, in time of famine or scarcity, relief works for, destitute persons within the limits of the municipal area; 238 The West Bengal Municipal Act, 1993. XXII of 1993.] (Part IL—The Municipal Areas.—Chapter VL— Powers and Functions.—Section 64.) (b) construction or maintenance of, or providing or giving aids for, passengers' sheds, libraries, museums, community halls, offices, godowns, shops, markets, dharmashalas, rest houses, sports complex, place of entertainment, swimming pools, public wash houses and bathing places and homes for the disabled and destitute and other public buildings designed for convenience of the community; (c) construction and maintenance of old age homes and orphanages, domiciliary care of the, sick, orphan, destitute and aged people; (d) construction or maintenance of, or providing aids to, hospitals, dispensaries, asylums, rescue homes, maternity houses, and child welfare centres; (e) construction, purchase, organisation, maintenance, extension and management of mechanically propelled transport facilities for the conveyance of the public; (f) construction, maintenance, repair, and purchase of any works for the supply of electrical energy or gas; (g) construction of dwellings for the inhabitants, specially low-cost dwellings for the socially backward classes of citizens; (h) providing accommodation for all classes of employees of the Municipality; (2) in the sphere of education,— (a) establishing and maintaining pre-primary schools such as balwadies and creches; (b) promotion of civic education, adult education, social education, non-formal education and the like; (c) promotion of cultural activities including music, physical education, sports and theatres; (d) advancement of science and technology in the way of life; (e) advancement of civic consciousness of public health and general welfare by organising discourses, seminars and conferences; (0 publication of municipal journals, periodicals and souvenirs, purchase of books, and subscriptions to journals, magazines and newspapers; (3) in the sphere of public health and sanitation,— (a) construction and maintenance of cattle pounds; (b) provision for unfiltered water-supply for non-domestic uses; 239 The West Bengal Municipal Act, 1993. [West Ben. Act (Part IL—The Municipal Areas—Chapter VL— Powers and Functions.—Section 64.) (c) promotion of the use of bio-gas and other non conventional energy sources; (d) provision for sewage treatment and preparation of compost manures from sewage and other refuse; (e) abatement of smoke nuisances; (f) setting up of milk dairies or farms (but not khatals) for supply, distribution and processing of milk or milk products for the benefit of the people; (g) ambulance service for carrying patients; (4) in the sphere of administration,— (a) civic reception to persons of distinction and paying homage on death to persons of repute; (b) installation of statues, portraits and pictures in appropriate manner; (c) organisation and management of fairs and exhibitions; (d) organisation, establishment and maintenance of art galleries and botanical or zoological collections; (e) construction and maintenance of garages and sheds and stands for vehicles; (f) measures for eradication of addiction of all kinds like liquors and drugs; (g) organising voluntary labour and co-ordinating the activities of voluantary agencies for community welfare; (5) in the sphere of development,— (a) encouraging formation of co-operative societies and, in particular, housing co-operative societies, and assistance to such co-operative societies in construction of residential buildings; (b) providing shelter for the homeless;. (c) undertaking manufacturing of building materials and their distribution at fair prices; (d) reclamation of waste lands and promotion of social forestry; (e) establishing and maintaining nurseries for plants, vegetables and trees and promotion of greenery through mass participation; (f) organisation of flower-shows and promotion of flower- growing as a civic culture; (g) promotion of agriculture, pisciculture, horticulture, poultry and improvement of cattle breed; (h) assistance to small-scale and cottage and craft industries; 240 The West Bengal Municipal Act, 1993. XXII of 1993.] (Part IL—The Municipal Areas.—Chapter VI.— Powers and Functions.—Section 65.) (i) programme for liberation and rehabilitation of scavengers and their families; (j) income-generating activities, particularly for the women belonging to the socially backward classes of citizens; (k) collection of statistics and data significant to the community; (1) integration of the development plans and schemes of the town with the district or regional development plan, if any; (6) generally, taking all measures not specified in the foregoing provisions of this section, which are likely to promote public safety, health, convenience, education or welfare of the community.