West Bengal Municipal Corporation Act, 2006 (Act 39 of 2006).

This West Bengal Municipal Corporation Act, 2006 is enacted to consolidate and amend the laws relating to municipal corporations in West Bengal with a view to enabling such corporations to provide a better and uniform municipal administration for the areas within their respective jurisdictions. The Act consists of 404 Sections divided into 7 Parts: I. Preliminary; II. Corporation Area; III. Finance; IV. Powers and Functions of Corporation; V. Municipal Taxation; VI. Civic Services; VII. Buildings; VIII. Solid Waste and Others.
Under Part VI Civic Services, Chapter XI provides for water-supply and drainage, covering duty of Corporation to supply water, planning, construction, operation, maintenance and management of waterworks, inspection of waterworks, prohibition regarding sinking of tube-well, drainage and sewerage, etc.
In Part VIII, Chapter XVI provide for collection, removal and disposal of soild waste; Chapter XVII deals with environmental precautions, including prohibition to keep any eating-house, tea-shop, hotel, boarding-house, bakery, aerated water-factory, ice-factory or other place where food is sold or is prepared for sale without a licence; Chapter XVIII provides for market, slaughterhouse, food and drug, including: power of Commissioner to grant licence for private market, licence for trade or business of butcher and sale of meat etc. outside municipal market or private market, etc; Chapter XXI cope with the preparation of Draft Development Plan.