Section 291(a) in The Orissa Municipal Corporation Act, 2003
(a)before commencing to construct such drain, the owner of the street shall submit to the Commissioner a plan of the street bearing the signature of a licensed surveyor in token of its having been made by him or under his supervision, and drawn to such a convenient scale as the Commissioner shall require, and there may be shown on such plan, position, course, and dimension of the proposed drain, with a section or sections thereof, and such other particulars in relation thereto as the Commissioner may deem necessary and require, and no such drain shall, without the approval in writing or contrary to direction of the Commissioner, be proceeded with;