Provided that no order shall be passed under this section unless the person so disqualified is given an opportunity of being heard.

Improvement of sanitation For the improvement of sanitation a Gram Panchayat or Zilla Panchayat may, by order, require the owner or occupier of any land or building, within such reasonable period as may be specified in the notice served upon him and after taking into consideration his financial position.

1. (a) to close, remove, alter, repair, cleanse, disinfect or put in good order any latrine, urinal, water closet, drain, cesspool, or other receptacle for filth, rubbish or refuse pertaining to such land or building, or to remove or alter any door or trap or construct any drain for any such latrine, urinal or water closet which opens on to a street or drain or to shut off such latrine, urinal or water closet by a sufficient roof or wall or fence from the view of persons passing by or dwelling in the neighborhood;
2. (b) to cleanse, repair, cover, fill up, drain off or remove water from, a private well, tank, reservoir, pool, pit, depression or excavation therein which may be injurious to health or offensive to the neighborhood;
3. (c) to clear off any vegetation, undergrowth, prickly pear or scrub jungle there from;
4. (d) to remove any dirt, dung, night soil, manure or any obnoxious or offensive matter there from and to cleanse the land or building.