Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
It shall be the obligation of the Development Authority to make reasonable and adequate provision and in accordance with the rules prescribed for the following matters within its territorial limits and the financial means at its disposal:— (1) in the sphere of public works,— (a) providing by itself or by an agency, means for supply of water for public and private purposes; (b) construction, maintenance and cleansing of sewers and drains, sewerage and drainage works; {c) construction, maintenance, „alteration and improvement of public streets and street furniture, bridges and culverts, fly-overs, sub- ways, cause-ways and the like; (d) lighting of public streets and other public places; (e) planting and care of trees on road-side and elsewhere; Terms and conditions of service of officers and other employees of Development Authority. Pay and allowance of officers and other employees of Development Authority. Provident Fund, Pension and retiring gratuity, etc, of officers and other employees of Development Authority. Power of Development Authority to appoint officers and staff or to take alternative measures. PAR1 111 THE KOLKATA GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, JUNE 30, 2008 571 The New Town, Kolkata Development Authority Act, 2007. (Part II—Chapter IV—Powers and Functions.—Sections 17, 18.) (2) in the sphere of town planning and development,— (a) devising town planning within the limits of the area of New Town, Kolkata in accordance with the laws relating to town planning for the time being in force; (b) planned development of the border areas of New Town, Kolkata in accordance with the laws applicable for the purpose; (c) laying out and maintenance of public parks, squares, gardens, water bodies and recreation areas; (d) control of regular lines of streets; (e) control of all building operations and regulation of building uses; (f) co-ordination of all over-ground rights enjoyed by service agencies; (g) co-ordination-of activities of agencies relating to laying and mainte- nance of underground pipelines, tubes, cables and the like; (h) re-development of congested areas for providing better living condi- tions; (i) planned development of new areas for human settlement; (j) preservation of monuments and places of historical, artistic or other importance; (k) measures for-beautification of the township by setting up fountains and statues, providing recreational areas, improving canal banks, landscaping and the like. Transfer of functions and duties of the State Government. Power to transfer any "function of the Development Authority under the Act to any organisation.