Power of municipality in respect of communications etc.

106. Power of municipality in respect of communications etc. For the purpose of providing or maintaining the water supply or of making or maintaining communications or connections with the mains, or generally for the purposes of this Chapter, the municipality shall have all powers which are conferred upon it in respect of drainage by sections 136 to 141. (2) at the same time intimate a date not less than thirty days from the date of such notice by which any person may submit to the municipality in writing any objection or suggestion with regard to such scheme which he may wish to make. (3) The municipality shall consider every objection or suggestion with regard to the scheme which may be received by the date intimated under the provisions of sub-section (2) and may modify the scheme in consequence of any such objection or suggestion and shall then forward such scheme as originally drawn up or as modified to the Deputy Commissioner, who may, if he thinks fit, return to the municipality for reconsideration and resubmission by a specified date; and the Deputy Commissioner shall submit the plans as forwarded, or as re-submitted, as the case may be, with his opinion to the State Government, who may sanction such scheme or may refuse to sanction it or may return it to the municipality for reconsideration and re-submission by a specified date. (4) If a municipality fails to submit a scheme within six months of being required to do so under sub-section (1) or fails to re-submit a scheme by a specified date, when required to do so under sub-section (3) or re-submits a scheme which is not approved by the State Government, the Deputy Commissioner may draw up a scheme of which public notice shall be given by notification and by publication within the municipal area together with an intimation of the date by which any person may submit in writing to the Deputy Commissioner any objection or suggestion which he may wish to make, and the Deputy Commissioner shall forward with his opinion any such objection or suggestion to the State Government, and the State Government may sanction such scheme as originally notified or modified in consequence of any such objection or suggestion, as the State Government may think fit, and the cost of such scheme or such portion of the cost as the State Government may deem fit, shall be defrayed from the municipal fund. (5) When sanctioning a scheme the State Government may impose conditions for the submission of periodical reports on the progress of the scheme to the Deputy Commissioner or to the State Government, and for the inspection and supervision of the scheme by the State Government. (6) After the scheme has been sanctioned, the municipality shall proceed to provide internal services as soon as possible and complete it within a period of five years from the date of its sanction.