Section 105(1) in Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act, 1993
(1)All sewers, drains , privies, water closets, house-gullies and cesspools within a panchayat area shall, unless constructed at the cost of the Grama Panchayat be altered, repaired, and kept in proper order at the cost and charges of the owner of the land and buildings to which the same belong, or for the use of which they are constructed or continued, and the Grama Panchayat may, by written notice, require such owner to alter, repair and put the same in good order in such manner as it thinks fit.