Office Memorandum No. 3101/2014/HD of the Home Department, Government of West Bengal dated 20th October, 2014 on the maintenance of a dam [C13-A4M]

As at 7 September 2026. In force. No commencement recorded.

Dates: made 20 October 2014; in force not recorded; ceased none recorded. Gazette: none recorded. Band B.

Jurisdiction: West Bengal [IN-WB]. Made by the Home Department, Government of West Bengal.

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Cite: Office Memorandum No. 3101/2014/HD of the Home Department, Government of West Bengal dated 20th October, 2014 on the maintenance of a dam, Office Memorandum No. 3101/2014/HD, 20th October, 2014 [C13-A4M]. Machine: C13-A4M.

No. 3101/2014/HD

GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL

Home Department, Government of West Bengal

Kolkata, dated the 20th October, 2014

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: The maintenance of a dam by owners of a dam under the Bengal Irrigation Act, 1876, regarding.

1. The undersigned is directed to say that references have been received in the Home Department, Government of West Bengal on the manner in which the maintenance of a dam by owners of a dam is to be regulated under the Bengal Irrigation Act, 1876.

2. The matter has been examined. Every owner of a dam carrying on the maintenance of a dam shall make an application in Form D to the Dam Safety Authority within forty-five days, accompanied by a fee of ten thousand rupees.

3. It is, accordingly, clarified that a separate application shall be made in respect of each place at which the maintenance of a dam is undertaken, and the Dam Safety Authority shall dispose of it within forty-five days of its receipt.

4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this office memorandum may be brought to the notice of the Home Department, Government of West Bengal.

(Secretary to Government)

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