Section 17(1)(b) in Telangana Municipal Tramways (Construction, Operation and Maintenance) Act, 2008
(b)alter the course of any river, canal, brook, stream or water course for the purpose of constructing tunnels, passages or other works over or under them and divert or alter temporarily as well as permanently, any drain, water pipe, gas pipe, electric line or telegraph line or optical fiber cables and raise or sink the level thereof, in order to carry them more conveniently;