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| (1) |
It shall
be the duty of the Council to take steps from time to time,
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for ascertaining
the sufficiency and wholesomeness of water supplies within New Delhi and receiving
bulk supplies of water from the authority prescribed by the Central Government;
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for providing
a supply of wholesome water in pipes to every part of New Delhi in which there
are houses, for the domestic purposes of the occupants thereof, and for taking
the pipes affording that supply to such point or points as will enable the houses
to be connected thereto at a reasonable cost, so, however, that this clause shall
not require the Council to do anything which is not practicable at a reasonable
cost or to provide such a supply to any part of New Delhi where such a supply
is already available at such point or points aforesaid; |
| (c) |
for providing
as far as possible, a supply of wholesome water otherwise than in pipes to every
part of New Delhi in which there are houses, for the domestic purpose of the occupants
thereof and to which it is not practicable to provide a supply in pipes at a reasonable
cost, and in which danger to health arises from the insufficiency or unwholesomeness
of the existing supply and a public supply is required and can be provided at
a reasonable cost, and for securing that such supply is available within a reasonable
distance of every house in that part. | |
| (2) |
If any question
arises under clause (b) of sub-section (1) as to whether anything is or is not
practicable at a reasonable cost or as to the point or points to which pipes must
be taken in order to enable houses to be connected to them at a reasonable cost,
or under clause (c) thereof, as to whether a public supply can be provided at
a reasonable cost, the Council shall determine that question and thereupon it
shall give effect to the determination. . |
| (3) |
Without
prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1), the Chairperson shall, for the
purpose of securing, so far as is reasonably practicable, that every house has
available a sufficient supply of wholesome water fordomestic purposes, exercise
his powers under this Act of requiring the owners of houses to provide a supply
of water thereto. | | (4) |
The Council
shall secure that the water in any water works belonging to the Council from which
the water is supplied for domestic purpose is wholesome. |
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