Calcutta Metropolitan Water and Sanitation Authority Act, 1966 (Act No. XIII of 1966). Pays/Territoire Inde Sous-division territoriale West Bengal Type du document Législation Date 1966 (1974) Source FAO, FAOLEX Titre completAn Act to provide for the establishment of an Authority for the maintenance, development and regulation of water-supply, sewerage and drainage services and for the collection and disposal of garbage in the Calcutta Metropolitan District with a view to the promotion of public health and for matters connected therewith. Sujet Environnement gén., Eau Mot clé Institution Eaux usées/déversement Royalties/redevances Taxe/impôt Redevances pour les eaux Lutte contre la pollution Pollution des eaux douces Terrains urbains Approvisionnement en eau Égouts Aire géographique Asie, Asie et Pacifique, Océan Indien, Mer de l'Asie du Sud-Est, Asie du Sud Entry into force notes This Act enters into force immediately. Résumé This Act, consisting of 93 sections divided into ten Chapters and completed by three Schedules, provides for the establishment of an Authority aimed to maintain, develop and regulate the water-supply, sewerage and drainage services and for the waste collection and disposal in the Calcutta Metropolitan District in order to promote the public health. It establishes composition, duties and responsibilities of the above mentioned Authority, entitled to perform the following functions: water supply; sewerage; drainage; sewage treatment and disposal and collection and waste disposal of night-soil in areas yet to be sewered; matters connected with and incidental to the said functions; etc. The Authority shall provide for water supply throughout the District for domestic, commercial, industrial, recreational and other private or public purposes in accordance with such public health standards as may be prescribed. Texte intégral Anglais Site web www.lawsofindia.org