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The Development Authority may lay or carry any water-main or service-main or any pipe or channel of any kind for the purpose of providing or carrying out or maintaining a systerm of water-supply on, across, under or over any street or public place, and after giving a reasonable notice of not less than a month to the owner or the occupier across, under, or over any private land or building whatsoever, situated within the limits of a local authority, may, at all times, do all acts and things which may be necessary or expedient for repairing or maintaing any such pipe or channel, as the case maybe, in an effective state for the purpose for which such pipe or channel, as the case may be, may be used or intended to be used: Provided that in the case of sudden water-logging of any area within New Town, Kolkata, the Development Authority may, if it considers necessary so to do in the interest ofpublic health and convenience, take such action as is necessary under this sub-section for draining out the water across, under, over or up the side of any land or building within New Town, Kolkata, without prior service of any notice on the owner or the occupier of such land or building: Provided further that a reasonable compensation shall be paid to such owner or occupier for any damage sustained by him in consequence of any action taken under this section. 597 598 THE KOLKATA GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, JUNE 30, 2008 [PART III The New Town, Kolkata Development Authority Act, 2007. (Part VI—Amenities.—Chapter XL—Water Supply— Sections 91-94)