The Chief Municipal Executive Officer/ Municipal Executive Officer may, Entrustment of

with the prior approval of the Empowered Standing committee, entrust the work operation and of operation and maintenance of sewerage works in the municipal area and the maintenance of work of billing and collection of sewerage charge or sewerage cess to any sewerage works and agency under any law for the time being in force or any private agency. billing and collection of Sewerage charges. 219. (1) If, at any time, it appears to the State Government that any waterworks, Power of the or drainage works, or sewerage works executed by, or vested in, the State Government to Municipality, are maintained, or worked, or run in an imperfect, inefficient or exercise control over unsuitable manner, the State Government may, by an order, in writing, direct the imperfect, Inefficient municipality to show cause within the period specified in the order why the or unsuitable waterworks, the drainage works or the sewerage works, as the case may be, waterworks, with all plants, fittings and appurtenances thereof should not be handed over to drainage works or the control and management of any agency belonging to the State Government sewerage works. or any authority under any lay for the time being in force, as may be specified in the order.

1. (2) If no cause is shown to the satisfaction of the State Government within the period specified the order referred to in sub-section (1), or the cat shown appears, to be untenable, the Ste Government may, by order. in writing, direct to the waterworks, the drainage works or the sewerage works, as the case may be, with all plants, fitting and appurtenances thereof shall be handed over for such period as it may fix, to the control and management of such persons, or agency, or authority and on such terms and conditions, as the State Government may determine,
2. (3) During the period fixed under sub-section (2), the complete control and management of such waterworks, drainage works or sewerage works, as the case may be, shall vest in the person, or the agency, or the authority so appointed who shall engage such establishment for the purpose of maintaining and working of such waterworks, drainage works or sewerage works, as the case maybe, as the State Government may from time to time determine; and such establishment may include the employees of the Municipality who were employed, or have been employed, in the maintenance or working of such waterworks, drainage works or sewerage works.
3. (4) The cost of such establishment, including costs of all materials, implements and stores, shall be paid from the Municipal Fund within such period as may be fixed by the State Government. 220. (1) The Municipality shall prepare and maintain a Code to be called the Municipal Water- Municipal Water-supply, Drainage and Sewerage Code which shall include such supply, Drainage regulations as may be made from time to time relating to the construction- and Sewerage maintenance’ repair and alteration of waterworks, water-supply mains supply- Code. pipes, drains, sewers, privies and urinals, cesspools, and appurtenances thereof and other matters under chapter XXII or chapter XXIII or this chapter.
4. (2) Such regulations shall provide for inspection of premises by the Chief Municipal Executive Officer/Municipal Executive Officer, or any other officer, or any other agency, authorized by him in this behalf as the case may be, to ascertain compliance with the provisions of this Act and the rules or regulations made thereunder. Chapter-XXV Solid Wastes A. Functions in Relation to Solid Wastes Management