section 24
Urban infrastructure and utility services
The Guwahati Satellite City Development Authority Act, 2026General202690 sections
Statutory text
- (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or any other law for the time being in force, the Authority may, in consultation with the competent authorities of municipal corporations, development authorities and other local authorities as well as Departments of the State Government, prepare any project or scheme with a view to provide urban infrastructure within the territorial limits of such municipal corporations, development authorities and other local authorities and Departments of the State Government and execute the same in such manner as may be prescribed. Explanation.— For the purposes of this section, the term “urban infrastructure” also mean and include drinking water, sanitation, sewage systems, electricity and gas distribution, urban transport, primary health services, environmental regulation as well as streets, roads, bridges and any other means of transport and communication, and activities related or incidental for the execution of such infrastructure project or scheme.
- (2) For the purposes of preparation and execution of a project or scheme under sub-section (1), the Authority shall be deemed to be the competent authority or authorities under the Guwahati Municipal Corporation Act, 1969, Assam Town and Country Planning Act, 1959, the Assam Municipal Act, 1956, the Assam Municipal Corporation Act, 2022 and Assam Panchayat Act, 1994 and shall exercise such powers of the competent authorities under the said Acts as may be necessary, limited to the extent of preparation, execution and implementation of an urban infrastructure project and/or activity under sub-section (1). Assam Act No. 1 of 1973 Assam Act No. II of 1960 Assam Act No. XV of 1957 Assam Act No. VIII of 2022 Assam Act No. XVIII of 1994
- (3) The Authority shall, in consultation with the concerned competent authorities of municipal corporations, development authorities and other local authorities as well as Departments of the State Government and in such manner as may be prescribed made in this behalf, define the roles and responsibilities of such competent authorities in the operation, maintenance and administration of the completed urban infrastructure project and/or activity and/or determine the terms and conditions, inter alia, of revenue generation, asset monetization and sharing of revenue, as the case may be, with respect to the completed urban infrastructure project and/or activity.
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