Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 · Chapter XV: Streets · Construction, maintenance and improvement of streets
Section 301: Power to make new public streets
The Commissioner may at any time with the previous sanction of [[the Corporation]]:—-
(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 [[Delhi]] notwithstanding that no proposal for the erection of any building in the vicinity has been received.
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