Section 187. Power to remove accidental obstructions

187. 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 1[Kshettra Panchayat] 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 VIII, or may, by notice, require the owner to remove the same within a time to be specified in the notice.