Amendment of Section 57

Section 57 of the Principal Act shall be substituted as follows, namely :-"Section 57 : (1) Every Municipality shall - (a) Provide on its own or arrange to provide through any agency the following core municipal services :- (i) water supply for domestic, industrial, and commercial purposes, (ii) drainage and sewerage. (iii) solid waste management, (iv) preparation of plan for economics development and social justice, (v) communication systems including construction and maintenance of roads, footpaths, pedestrian pathway, transportation terminals, both for passengers and goods, bridges, over-bridges, subway, ferries and inland water transport system, (vi) transport system accessories including traffic engineering schemes, street furniture, street lighting, parking areas and bus stops, (vii) community health and protection of environment including planting and caring of trees on road sides and elsewhere, (viii) markets and slaughter house. (ix) promotion of educational, sport and cultural activities, and (x) aesthetic environment, and (b) perform such other statutory or regulatory functions as may be provided by or under this Act or under any other law for the time being in force. (2) The Municipality may, having regard to its managerial, technical, financial and organizational capacity, and the actual condition obtaining in the municipal area, decide not to take up, or postpone the performance of, any of the function as aforesaid. (3) The State Government may direct a Municipality to perform any of the functions as aforesaid, if such function is not taken up, or is postponed, by the Municipality. (4) The Municipality may plan, build, operate, maintain or manage the infrastructure required for the discharge of any of the functions, as aforesaid, either by itself or by agency under any concession agreement referred to in 58 –A."