Power of Board to take over protected water supply or sewerage works

Finance, Accounts and Audit

1. (1) Where the Board is of the opinion that any water supply or sewerage works transferred to or vested in a local body are not being maintained or operated in a manner consistent with the objects of this Act, the Board may, after giving to the local body a reasonable opportunity of being heard, by notification in the Official Gazette, take over the maintenance and operation of such water supply or sewerage works.
2. (2) Upon the publication of such notification, the right of the local body to maintain and operate the water supply or sewerage works shall stand suspended and the Board shall perform all the functions of the local body in relation to such works.
3. (3) For the purpose of maintaining and operating such works, the Board shall have all the powers which the local body had in relation to such works before the date of the notification under sub-section (1).