Vesting of public streets and their appurtenance with municipality.

(1) All public streets with the pavements stones, and other materials thereof, and all works, materials and other things provided for such street, tunnel, sub-way, fly overs, squares, roads, road margins, pathway, culverts, parks, gardens and all other poramboke lands (not being the property of, and kept under the control of the State Government or the Central Government) including the soil, sub-soil and the drains, sewers, culverts, footways, trees, stones and other materials, implements and other things in such streets and other public places, which are situated within a municipal limit shall vest in that municipality. (2) The Government may, by notification, withdraw any such street, sewer, drain, street light, drainage work, sub-way, fly-over, tunnel, culvert or tree from the control of the municipality. (3) The municipality shall maintain all public streets and other places and trees referred to in sub-section (1) and do all things necessary for such purposes including the construction and maintenance of the bridges, causeways, culverts, drains and sewers and the lighting, watering and scavenging of such streets. (4) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2), it shall be lawful for the Council to provide any lighting system in any public place through any agency approved by the Director. (5) The Council may, acquire any land required for the purpose of widening, opening, extending or otherwise improving any public street or for forming any new public street and for any other purposes connected therewith. (6) When any building or other structure or any fixture in any form attached to a building causes a projection, encroachment or obstruction over any public street or other public places vested in the municipality, the Commissioner may in accordance with such by-laws made by the Council for this purpose, by a written notice, require the owner or the occupier of the building to remove such encroachment or obstruction.