Town Improvement Act, 1953 (East Bengal Act) (Act No. XIII of 1953). Country/Territory Bangladesh Document type Legislation Date 1953 (2009) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to provide for the development, improvement and expansion of the Capital of the Republic and Narayanganj and Tongi Municipalities and certain areas in their vicinity and the constitution of a Kartripakkha therefore. Subject Land & soil, Water Keyword Urban land Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Environmental planning Land tenure Land-use planning Policy/planning Water quality standards Water supply Water users' associations Waterworks Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, Least Developed Countries, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia Abstract This Act aims to provide for the development, improvement and expansion of the Capital of the Republic and Narayanganj and Tongi Municipalities and certain areas in their vicinity, by opening up congested areas, laying out or altering streets, providing open spaces for purposes of ventilation or recreation, demolishing or constructing buildings, acquiring land for the said purposes and for the re-housing of persons displaced by the execution of improvement schemes and the constitution of a Kartripakkha therefore. An improvement scheme may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely: a) the acquisition by the Kartripakkha of any land, in the area comprised in the scheme, which will, in their opinion, be required for the execution of the scheme or be affected by the execution of the scheme; b) the laying out or re-laying out of the land in the said area; c) such demolition, alteration or reconstruction of buildings situated on land which it is proposed to acquire in the said area, as the Kartripakkha may think necessary; d) the construction of any buildings which the Kartripakkha may consider it necessary to erect for any purpose other than sale; e) the laying out or alteration of streets (including bridges, cause-ways and culverts); f) the levelling, paving, metalling, flagging, channelling, sewering and draining of the said streets and the provisions therein of water, lighting and other sanitary conveniences ordinarily provided in a City or Municipality; g) the raising, lowering or levelling of any land in the area comprised in the scheme; h) the formation, retention or enlargement of open spaces; i) the augmentation of the present water-supply, or any other scheme for the improvement of the water-supply; j) the making of a drainage and sewerage scheme including outfall works; and k) any other matters consistent with this Act which the Kartripakkha may think fit. Full text English Website bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd