State Act

THE UTTAR PRADESH MUNICIPAL CORPORATION ACT, 1959

347- (1) Whenever the Development Committee is of opinion that, for the purpose of- (a) providing buildings sites, or (b) remedying defective ventilation, or (c) creating new or improving existing means of communication and' facilities for traffic, or (d) affording better facilities for conservancy, it is expedient to layout new streets or alter existing streets (including bridges, causeways and culverts) and that this object cannot be achieved by taking action under Chapter XLI, the Development Committee may by resolution require the Mukhya Nagar Adhikari to frame 'a scheme to be called a “Sarak Yojana” (Street Scheme). (2) A Sarak Yojana (street scheme) may within the limits of the area comprised in the scheme provide for- (a) the acquisition of any land which will, in the opinion of the Development Committee, be necessary for its execution; (b) the re-laying out of all or any of the lands so acquired, including the construction of buildings by the [Corporation]1 or by any other person and the laying out, construction and alteration of streets; (c) the drainage, water-supply and lighting of streets so constructed or altered; (d) the raising, lowering, or reclamation of any land vested in, or to, be acquired by, the [Corporation]3 for the purposes of the scheme; (e) the formation of open spaces for the better ventilation of the area comprised in the scheme; (f) the acquisition of any land adjoining any street or open space included in the scheme.