(a) construct new bridges or culverts;
(b) divert, discontinue or close any public street, culvert or bridge;
(c) widen, open, enlarge or otherwise improve any public street, culvert or bridge within minimum damage to the neighbouring fields;
(d) deepen or otherwise improve waterways;
(e) with the sanction of the prescribed authority and where a canal exists under the Northern India Canal and Drainage Act, 1873, with the sanction also of such officer of the Irrigation Department as the Chief Commissioner may prescribe, undertake small irrigation projects;
(f) cut any hedge or branch of any tree projecting on a public street;
(g) notify the setting apart of any public water course for drinking or culinary purposes, and prohibit bathing, washing of clothes and animals or doing of other acts likely to pollute the course so set apart;
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Section 20 • Delhi Panchayat Raj Act, 1954
20. Power of Gaon Panchayat as to Public Streets, waterways and other matters.
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