Cost of altering, repairing and keeping in proper order privies ,etc.

105. Cost of altering, repairing and keeping in proper order privies etc. - (1) All sewers, drains , privies, water closets, house -gullies and cesspools within a panchayat area shall, unless construc ted at the cost of the Grama Panchayat be altered, repaired, and kept in proper order at the cost and charges of the owner of the land and buildings to which the same belong, or for the use of which they are constructed or continued, and the Grama Panchaya t may, by written notice, require such owner to alter, repair and put the same in good order in such manner as it thinks fit. (2) The Grama Panchayat may, by written notice, require the owner to demolish or close any privy or cesspool whether constructed before or after the coming into force of this Act, which in the opinion of the Grama Panchayat, is a nuisance, or is so constructed as to be inaccessible for the purposes of scavenging or incapable of being properly cleansed or kept in good order.