Duties of the Local Authorities towards public health and sanitation etc.- (1)

Notwithstanding anything contained in any law in the State, the Local Authorities under whose local areas, the places of tourist destinations are situated, shall have the duty to ensure cleanliness and check defacement and defiling of the properties in their respective local area and also to effectively enforce the laws prohibiting littering on streets and public places and maintain cleanliness of roads, drain, man holes and maintenance of street lights and prevention of encroachments in and around tourist destination.

1. (2) The Department of Tourism shall oversee the compliance of provisions contained in sub- section (1) and may issue directions to the concerned local authorities for strict compliance of their statutory duty and in case of persistent non-compliance and default, intimate action against erring local authorities in accordance with the laws governing such local authorities.