Board along which a conduit or pipe runs or on any premises connected with the water supply.

Prohibition of building over water mains.—

1[(1) No building, wall or other structure shall be erected and no street be constructed over any Board’s water main. Even where structure is built near a pipe line there shall be a minimum clearance of 1.0 meter or half the dia-meter of the pipe line which ever is greater from the edge of the structure to the pipe line or appurtenances on the pipe-line.]

1. (2) If any building, wall or other structure be so erected or any street be so constructed, the Water Supply Engineer may cause the same to be removed or otherwise dealt with as the Water Supply Engineer deems fit and the expenses thereby incurred shall be paid by the persons contravening the provisions of sub-section (1).

¹ Substituted by Act 15 of 2010 w.e.f. 16.04.2010.