15. Power to make and improve streets
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The Director-General, with the sanction of the Minister, may —
make new streets and back-lanes;
build and construct bridges and tunnels;
turn, divert, discontinue or stop up any public street; and
public street
“public street” means any street over which the public has a right of way which was usually repaired or maintained by the City Council or the Rural Board before the commencement of this Act or which has been transferred to or has become vested in the Government under this Act or in any other manner;
widen, open, enlarge or otherwise improve any street,making due compensation to the owners and occupiers of any land, houses or buildings which are required for any such purposes or which are injuriously affected by the works.
street
“street” includes any road, square, footway or passage, whether a thoroughfare or not, over which the public has a right of way, and also the way over any public bridge, and also includes any road, footway or passage, open court or open alley, used or intended to be used as a means of access to two or more holdings, whether the public has a right of way thereover or not; and all channels, drains, ditches and reserves at the side of any street shall be deemed to be part of the street;