(a) laying out in areas, whether previously built upon or not, new streets, and acquiring land for that purpose and for the construction of buildings, and compounds of buildings, to about on such streets;
(b) constructing, establishing or
maintaining public parks, gardens, offices, dairies,
bathing or washing places, drinking fountains, tanks,
wells and other works of public utility;
(c) reclaiming unhealthy localities;
(d) furthering educational objects
by measures other than the establishment and maintenance
of primary schools;
(e) taking a census and granting
rewards for information which may tend to secure the
correct registration of vital statistics
(f) making a survey;
(g) giving relief on the occurrence of
local epidemics, floods, famines or other natural calamities,
by the establishment or maintenance of relief works
or otherwise;
(h) securing or assisting to
secure suitable places for the carrying on of any offensive,
dangerous or obnoxious trade, calling or
occupation;
(i) establishing and maintaining a farm or other place for the disposal of sewage;
(j) constructing, subsidising
or guaranteeing tramways or other means of locomotion,
and electric lighting or electric power works;
(k) establishing and maintaining cattle pounds,
(l) arranging for civic reception
with prior approval the officer Commanding-in-Chief,
the Command;
(m) providing housing accommodation for any class of inhabitants;
(n) establishing and maintaining
or supporting public hospitals and dispensaries and
providing public medical relief;
(o) celebrating Independence Day and Republic Day and incurring expenditure thereon;
(p) developing land resources under the management of the Board,
(q) preparing and implementing group housing schemes;
(r) establishing remunerative projects;
(s) developing small scale and cottage industries;
(t) adopting any measure,
other than a measure specified in section 116 or in
the foregoing provisions of this section, likely
to promote the safety , health or
convenience of the inhabitants of the Cantonment.
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