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ORDINANCE IX OF 1979 ORDINANCE IX OF 1979 BALUCHISTAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ORDINANCE, 1979 CHAPTER V111‑FUNCTIONS OP UNION COUNCIL 53. Rural Development and Local Council function and Union Council. Both Local Government functions and rural development functions of Union Councils are listed below :‑ (1) Provision and maintenance of public ways and public streets. (2) Provision and maintenance of public places, public open spaces, public gardens and public playgrounds ; (3) Lighting of public ways, public streets and public places ; (4) Plantation and preservation of trees in general, and plantation and preservation of trees on public ways, public streets and public places in particular ; (5) Management and maintenance of shamilats, burning and burial grounds, common meeting places, and other common property ; (6) Provision and maintenance of accommodation for travellers ; (7) Prevention and regulation of encroachments of public ways, public streets and public places ; (8) Prevention and abatement of nuisances in public ways, public streets and public places; (9) Sanitation, conservancy, and the adoption of other measures for the cleanliness of the Union; (10) Regulation of the collection, removal and disposal of manure and street sweepings ; (11) Regulation of offensive and dangerous trades. (12) Regulation of the disposal of carcasses of dead animals ; (13) Regulation of the slaughter of animals ; . (14). Regulation of the erection and to re‑erection of buildings in the Union ; (15) Regulation of dangerous buildings and structures ; (16) Provision and maintenance of wells, water pumps, tanks, ponds, and other works for the supply of water ; (17) Adoption of measures for preventing the contamination of the sources of water supply for drinking ; (18) Prohibition of the use of the water of wells, ponds and other sources of water supply suspected to be dangerous to public health ; (19) Regulation of prohibition of the watering of cattle, bathing or wash ing at or near wells, ponds or other sources of water reserved for drinking purposes ; (20) Regulation or prohibition of the steeping of hemp, jute or other plants in or near ponds or other sources of water supply ; (21) Regulation or prohibition of dyeing or tanning of skins, stones or other material within residential areas ; (22) Regulation or prohibition of the excavation of earth, stones or other material within residential areas ; (23) Regulation or prohibition of the establishment of brick kilns, pot teries and other kilns within the residential areas. (24) Regulation of births and deaths, and the maintenance of such vital statistics as may be prescribed. (25) Voluntary registration of the sale of cattle and other animals ; (26) Holding of fairs and shows ; (27) Celebration of public festivals ; (28) To report to the police the commission, of any offence, to bring to the notice of the police the presence, in the Union, of persons of notori ous character, and to assist in the investigation and prevention of crime, and in arresting criminals. (29) Provision of relief measures in the event of any fire, flood, hail storm, earthquake or other natural calamity , (30) Relief far the widows and orphans, and the poor and persons in distress; (31) Promotion of public games and sports ; (32) Agricultural, industrial and community development, promotion and development of Co‑operative movement, village industries, forests, livestock and fisheries ; (33) Adoption of measures for increased food production ; (34) Provision of first aid centres ; (35) Provision of libraries and reading rooms; (36) Co‑operation with other organizations engaged in activities similar to those of the Union Council ; (37) Aid in the promotion of education under the direction of the Government ; (38) Any other measures likely to promote the welfare, health, safety, comfort or convenience of the inhabitants of the Union or of visitors.