When a local body did not perform its duty of keeping the environment of the locality clean on grounds of non availability of funds, the Supreme Court asked it to perform its duty on certain grounds and manner. Which of the following was not one of them?

A. The local body is under a public trust to do so

B. The local body cannot refuse to perform its statutory duty

C. Non availability of fund cannot be a valid excuse

D. It can postpone the cleaning till it gets sufficient funds

Answer: Option D