Chapter V Chapter V

Powers and function of the Board

The Board shall perform all or any of the following functions namely

1. (i) Investigating and surveying the requirements of water supply and sewerage;
2. (ii) planning and preparing schemes including schemes covering areas falling within the jurisdiction of more than one local authority for the purpose of providing the supply of drinking water or sewerage facilities; executing schemes under a phased programme for the provision of drinking water and sewerage facilities within the areas of local authorities to which such schemes relate;
3. (iii) executing schemes under a phased programme for the provision of drinking water and sewerage facilities within the areas of local authorities to which such schemes relates;
4. (iv) executing such drinking water-supply or sewerage facilities schemes as may be transferred by the Government from the Department of Public Health to the Board;
5. (v) working out priorities with the approval of the Government and drawing up a detailed programme of executing the schemes;
6. (vi) laying down the norm of staff to be employed by a local authority for the maintenance of water-supply and sewerage works which the local authority concerned shall notwithstanding anything contained in any other law, take into consideration while employing the additional staff necessitated by such works
7. (vii) any matter which is supplemental, incidental or consequential to any of the above functions;
8. (viii) such other functions as may be prescribed

1. (1) The Board shall, for the purpose of carrying out its functions under this Act, have the following powers, namely:-
   • (i) to acquire and hold such movable and immovable property as it deems necessary and to lease, sell or otherwise transfer any such property subject to such conditions as may be prescribed;
   • (ii) to incur expenditure and undertake any work in any area in the State for the preparation and execution of such schemes as it may consider necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, or as the case may be, the functions entrusted to it by the Government;
   • (iii) to enter into any contract; and
   • (iv) to do all things necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act.
2. (2) Whenever any land or any interest therein which is required by the Board for implementing any scheme cannot be acquired by agreement, the State Government may, at the request of the Board, procure acquisition thereof under the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act,1894, and on payment by the Board of the compensation awarded under this Act and of the charges incurred by the Government in connection with the proceedings, the land shall vest in the Board.