Width of Public roads, Power to prescribe road lines

(1) The Authority shall, from time to time, with the sanction of the State Government, specify the minimum width for different classes of public roads according to the nature of the traffic likely to be carried there, the localities in which they are situated, the heights up to which buildings abutting thereon may be erected and other similar considerations. (2) The width of a public road shall not be less than that prescribed in sub-section (1) or that shown on the plan for the class to which it belong areas for which a plan has been prepared.