A Municipality may,
having regard to the satisfactory performance of its core functions
which shall constitute the first charge on the municipal fund, and
subject to its managerial, technical and financial capabilities,
undertake or perform, or promote the performance of, any of the
following functions, namely: -
(i) in the sphere of protection of environment-
(a) reclamation of waste lands, promotion of social
forestry and maintenance of open spaces;
(b) establishment and maintenance of nurseries
for plants, vegetables and trees and
promotion of greenery through mass
participation;
(c) organization of flower-shows and promotion
of flower-growing as a civic culture; and
(d) promotion of measures for abatement of all
forms of pollution;
(ii) in the sphere of public health and sanitation-
(a) mass inoculation campaigns for eradication
of infectious diseases;
(b) reclamation of unhealthy localities;
(c) maintenance of all public tanks and
regulating re-excavation, repair and up-keep
of all private tanks, wells and other sources of
water-supply on such terms and conditions as
the Municipality may deem proper ; and
(d) advancement of civic consciousness of public
health and general welfare by organizing
discourses, seminars and conferences;
(iii) in the sphere of education and culture-
(a) promotion of civic education, adult
education, social education and non-formal
education;
(b) promotion of cultural activities including
music, physical education, sports and theatres
and infrastructure therefor;
(c) advancement of science and technology in
urban life;
(d) publication of municipal journals, periodicals
and souvenirs, purchase of books, and
subscription to journals, magazines and
newspapers;
(e) installation of statues, portraits and pictures
in appropriate manner;
(f) organization, establishment and maintenance of art
galleries and botanical or zoological collections;
(g) conservation and maintenance of monuments
and places of historical, artistic and other
importance; and
(h) construction, establishment, maintenance or
contribution to the maintenance of public
libraries, museums, reading rooms, lunatic
asylums, halls, offices;
(iv) in the sphere of public welfare-
(a) establishment and maintenance of shelters, in
times of drought, flood, earthquake, or other
natural or technological disasters, and relief
works, for destitute persons within the limits
of the municipal area;
(b) construction or maintenance of, or provision
of aids to, hospitals, dispensaries, asylums,
rescue homes, maternity houses, and child
welfare centers;
(c) provision of shelters for the homeless;
(d) implementation of programmes for liberation
and rehabilitation of scavengers and their
families;
(e) organization of voluntary labour and coordination of activities of voluntary agencies
for community welfare; and
(f) campaigns for dissemination of such
information as is vital for public welfare; and
(v) in the sphere of community relations-
(a) civic receptions to persons of distinction and
paying homage on death to persons of repute;
(b) organization and management of fairs and
exhibitions; and
(c) dissemination of information of public
interest
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