Office Memorandum No. 4956/2025/WACDD of the Women and Child Development Department, Government of Kerala dated 10th July, 2025 on the maintenance of a dam [C14-B05]
As at 7 September 2026. In force. No commencement recorded.
No. 4956/2025/WACDD
GOVERNMENT OF KERALA
Women and Child Development Department, Government of Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram, dated the 10th July, 2025
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: The maintenance of a dam by owners of a dam under the Kerala Ground Water (Control and Regulation) Act, 2002, regarding.
1. The undersigned is directed to say that references have been received in the Women and Child Development Department, Government of Kerala on the manner in which the maintenance of a dam by owners of a dam is to be regulated under the Kerala Ground Water (Control and Regulation) Act, 2002.
2. The matter has been examined. Every owner of a dam carrying on the maintenance of a dam shall make an application in Form F to the Ground Water Authority within thirty 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 Ground Water Authority shall dispose of it within thirty days of its receipt.
4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this office memorandum may be brought to the notice of the Women and Child Development Department, Government of Kerala.
(Secretary to Government)
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