When a private house, wall or other erection or anything fixed thereto or a tree shall fall down and obstruct a public drain or encumber a street, the Municipality may remove such obstruction or encumbrance at the expense of the owner of the same and may recover such expense in the manner provided by Chapter VI, or may by notice, require the owner to remove the same within a time to be specified in the notice.
CHAPTER – VII POWERS AND PENALTIES IN RESPECT OR BUILDINGS, PUBLIC DRAINS, STREETS, EXTINCTION OF FIRES, SCAVENGING AND WATER SUPPLY · Street Regulations
Section 215: Power to remove accidental obstructions
The Uttar Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1916
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Text as published by India Code for the Government of Uttar Pradesh, with amendments up to U.P. Act 16 of 2026.