Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Act – 1978
July 1 , 2024 146 days 374 0
The Tamil Nadu Assembly has passed a Bill to amend the Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Act, 1978, (Tamil Nadu Act 28 of 1978).
It aims to decriminalise minor offences, as recommended by the Guidance Tamil Nadu.
The law makes getting a sewer connection mandatory for the owner or occupier of any premises on a private street where there is a sewer of the Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board within 30 metres.
The Tamil Nadu Urban Local Bodies Act, 1998, states that any area where the population is estimated at not less than three lakhs and the annual income is “not less than thirty crores of rupees” may be constituted as a municipal corporation.