section 8
Powers of the Board
The Madras Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Act, 1978Infrastructure197898 sections8 chapters
Statutory text
- (1) The Board shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, have the power to do anything which may be necessary or expedient for the purpose of carrying out its functions and duties under this Act.
- (2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provision, the Board shall have the power-
- (i) to take over all existing responsibilities, powers, controls, facilities, services and administration relating to water supply and sewerage in or for the Madras Metropolitan Area ;
- (ii) to enlarge, improve or develop existing facilities and to construct and operate new facilities for water supply and sewerage in or for the Madras Metropolitan Area ;
- (iii) to prepare schemes for water supply and sewerage (including abstraction of water from any natural source and the disposal of waste and polluted water) in or for the Madras Metropolitan Area ;
- (iv) to regulate the construction, maintenance and repairs of wells, tanks and ponds and the drilling of tube-wells, whether public or private, in the Madras Metropolitan Area ;
- (v) to control extraction, conservation and use of underground water in the Madras Metropolitan Area;
- (vi) to prevent pollution of any water including any water source, water course or channel utilised for the purpose of the Madras Metropolitan Area ;
- (vii) to prescribe the manner of treatment of trade before discharge thereof and to regulate the discharge thereof into any sewer canal, river or other water channel utilised for the purpose of the Madras Metropolitan Area ;
- (viii) to conduct research, experiment and survey and to do all things necessary for that purpose ;
- (ix) to enter into contracts, agreements or arrangements with any person, firm or organisation ;
- (x) to acquire, hold and dispose of property, movable or immovable ;
- (xi) to prepare and adopt its annual accounts and budgets ;
- (xii) to determine, levy and collect taxes, rates, fees, charges, surcharges, rents and costs and expenses authorised under this Act ;
- (xiii) to borrow money, issue debentures and manage its funds, including the power to mortgage, hypothecate, or pledge any of its assets ;
- (xiv) to incur expenditure and to grant loans and advances as it may deem necessary and to recover the principal and interest thereon on such terms and conditions as it may specify ; and
- (xv) to do all things necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act.
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