Functions and duties of the Area Sabha

An Area Sabha may, having regard to its managerial, technical, financial and organizational capacity and the actual conditions prevailing in the Municipal area, perform and discharge the following functions and duties, namely- (a) to generate proposals and determine the priority of schemes and development programmes to be implemented in the Area and to forward the same to the Wards Committee; (b) to verify the eligible persons from the Area for beneficiary oriented schemes on the basis of criteria fixed by the State Government and prepare a list of eligible beneficiaries in order of priority and to forward the same to the Wards Committee; (c) to verify the eligibility of persons getting various kinds of welfare assistance from the State Government or the Government of India; (d) to suggest the location of streets, streetlights, community water taps, public wells, public sanitation units and such other civic amenity schemes within the Area; (e) to identify the deficiencies in the civic amenities in the Area and suggest remedial measures; (f) to assist the activities of public health centres in the Area, especially in disease prevention and family welfare and to report on the incidence of epidemics and natural calamities; (g) to provide and mobilize voluntary labour and contributions in cash and kind for development programmes and to supervise such development works through volunteer teams; (h) to undertake and support tax mapping and to remind people of the Area of their obligations to pay taxes and user charges; (i) to impart awareness on matters of public interest, such as cleanliness, preservation of environment and prevention of pollution; (j) to promote harmony and unity and to arrange cultural festivals and sports meets to give expression to the talents of the people of the Area; and (k) to co-operate with the Wards Committee for sanitation arrangements in the Area.