Core municipal services and other

(1) Every Municipality shall- (a) provide on its own or arrange to provide through the State Government or any agency of the State Government or any other agency the following core municipal services :- (i) water-supply for domestic, industrial, and commercial purposes, (ii) sewerage and drainage, (iii) solid waste management, (iv) communication systems including construction and maintenance of roads, footpaths, pedestrian pathways, transportation terminals (both for passengers and goods), bridges, over- bridges, and subways, (v) transport system accessories including traffic engineering schemes. street furniture, street lighting. oarking areas, and bUS stops, (vi) community health and protection of environment including planting and caring of trees on road sides and elsewhere, (vii)bazars, and (viii)slaughterhouses, 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 conditions obtaining in the municipal area, decide not to provide any of the core municipal services as aforesaid. (3) The State Government may direct a Municipality to provide any of the core municipal services as aforesaid, if such services are not being provided by the Municipality. (4) The Municipality may plan, build, operate, maintain, or manage the infrastructure required for providing any of the core municipal services as aforesaid and for harvesting of rain water, either by itself or by the State Government or by any agency of the State Government.