Power of Government to issue directions for co-ordination of activities of Board and local bodies.

If the State Government is of opinion that it is in the public interest that the Board and other local bodies having jurisdiction over contiguous area should co-ordinate their activities in relation to water supply services or sewerage facilities or both, it may issue such directions to the Board and the other local bodies concerned as it may think fit and it shall be the duty of the Board and such local bodies to comply with such directions.