Section 175:
Drainage of and drained premises.
drainage and a municipal drain or some place approved
by the Chairperson for the discharge of filth and other polluted and obnoxious matter is situated at a
distance of not exceeding thirty meters from any part of the said premises, he may, by written notice,
require the owner of the said premises--
(a) to make a drain emptying into such municipal drain or place;
(b) to provide and set up all such appliances and fittings as may appear to the Chairperson
necessary for the purposes of gathering and receiving the filth and other polluted and obnoxious matter from, and conveying the same off, the said premises and of effectually flushing such drain and
every fixture connected therewith;
(c) to remove any existing drain or other appliance or thing used or intended to be used for
drainage which is injurious to health;
(d) to provide a closed drain in substitution of an open drain or to provide such other appliance or
thing either newly or in substitution of any existing appliance or thing or to provide both a close drain
and such other appliance or thing in substitution of the existing open drain and other appliance or
thing, which is or is likely to be injurious to health;
(e) to provide and set up all such appliances and fittings as may appear to the Chairperson to be
necessary for the purpose of gathering and receiving the waste water from floors and galleries of
buildings when they are washed, and conveying the same through spouts, by down-take pipes so as to
prevent such waste water from discharging directly on streets or inside any lower portion of the
premises;
(f) to carry out any work to improve or re-model an existing drain which is inadequate,
insufficient or faulty.
(2) Where in any case not provided for in sub-section (1) any premises are, in the opinion of the
Chairperson, without sufficient means of effectual drainage, he may, by written notice, require the owner
of the premises--
(a) to construct a drain up to a point to be prescribed in such notice but not at a distance of more
than thirty meters from any part of the premises; or
(b) to construct a closed cesspool or soakage pit and drain or drains emptying into such cesspool
or soakage pit.
(3) Any requisition for the construction of any drain under sub-section (2) may contain any of the
details specified in sub-section (1).