Office Memorandum No. 1125/2006/WRD of the Water Resources Department, Government of West Bengal dated 19th December, 2006 on the maintenance of a dam [C14-MB0]
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No. 1125/2006/WRD
GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL
Water Resources Department, Government of West Bengal
Kolkata, dated the 19th December, 2006
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 Water Resources 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 sixty 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 sixty days of its receipt.
4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this office memorandum may be brought to the notice of the Water Resources Department, Government of West Bengal.
(Secretary to Government)
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