Other functions

Section 28 of the Assam Municipal Corporation Act, 2022 deals with other functions. A Corporation 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 functio

A Corporation 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 :- (1) in the sphere of town planning, urban development and development of commercial infrastructure, - (a) planned development of new areas for human settlement;

(b) measures for beautification of the Corporation area by setting up parks and fountains, providing recreational areas, improving river banks, and landscaping;

(c) collection of statistics and data, significant to the community; and (d) integration of the development plans and schemes of the Corporation area with the district or regional development plan, if any.

(2) 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;

(3) in the sphere of public health and sanitation, - (a) mass inoculation campaigns for eradication (b) construction and maintenance of municipal markets and slaughter houses and regulation of all markets and slaughter houses, (c) reclamation of unhealthy localities, removal of noxious vegetation and abatement of all nuisances, (d) maintenance of all public tanks and regulating the re-excavation, repair and upkeep of all private tanks, wells and other sources of water-supply on such terms and conditions as the Corporation may deem proper, (e) construction and maintenance of cattle pounds, (f) provision for unfiltered water-supply for non-domestic uses, (g) advancement of civic consciousness of public health and general welfare by organizing discourses, seminars and conferences, and (h) measures for eradication of addiction of all kinds including addiction to drugs and liquor;

(4) 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 thereof, (c) advancement of science and technology in urban life, e (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, and (g) maintenance of monuments and places of historical, artistic and other importance;

(5) 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 Corporation area, (b) construction or maintenance of, or provision of aids to, hospitals, dispensaries, asylums, rescue homes, maternity houses, and child welfare centres, (c) provision of shelter for the homeless, (d) implementation programmes for liberation and rehabilitation of scavengers and their families, (e) organization of voluntary labour and co- ordination of activities of voluntary agencies for community welfare, and (f) campaigns for dissemination of such information as is vital for public welfare; and (6) in the sphere of community relations, - (a) civic receptions to persons of distinction and paying homage on death to persons of repute, odě (b) organization and management of fairs and exhibitions, and diaªge (c) dissemination of information of public interest. Chapter VI Conduct of Business A. Transaction of Business by the Corporation (1) The Corporation shall meet not less than once in every month for the transaction of its business.

(2) The Mayor may, whenever he thinks fit, and shall, upon a requisition in writing by not less than one-fifth of the Councillors, convene a meeting of the Corporation. Notice of meeting and list of business,

Section 28, The Assam Municipal Corporation Act, 2022 (Act 8 of 2022).