The New Delhi Municipal Council Act

Vesting of public streets in the Council

Functions of Chairperson in respect of public streets

Disposal of land forming site of public streets permanently closed

Power to make new public streets

Minimum width of new public streets

Power to prohibit or regulate use of public streets for certain kind of traffic

Power to acquire lands and buildings for public streets and for public parking places

Defining the regular line of streets

Setting back building to regular line of street

Compulsory setting back of building to regular line of street

Acquisition of open land and land occupied by platform, etc., within the regular line of street

Acquisition of the remaining part of a building and land after their portions within a regular line of street have been acquired

Setting forward of buildings to the regular line of street

Compensation to be paid in certain cases of setting back or setting forward of buildings, etc


Construction, maintenance and improvement of streets


The Chairperson may at any time with the previous
sanction of the Council,--

(a) lay out and make new public streets;

(b) construct bridges and sub-ways;

(c) turn or divert any existing public street; and

(d) lay down and determine the position and direction of a street or streets in any part of New
Delhi notwithstanding that no proposal for the erection of any building in the vicinity has been
received.


LAWGIST

# 205 Power to make new public streets