Office Memorandum No. 4678/2011/IAPRD of the Information and Public Relations Department, Government of Gujarat dated 12th August, 2011 on the operation of a dam in an emergency [C15-0DY]

No. 4678/2011/IAPRD

GOVERNMENT OF GUJARAT

Information and Public Relations Department, Government of Gujarat

Gandhinagar, dated the 12th August, 2011

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: The operation of a dam in an emergency by operators of a dam under the Gujarat State Disaster Management Act, 2003, regarding.

1. The undersigned is directed to say that references have been received in the Information and Public Relations Department, Government of Gujarat on the manner in which the operation of a dam in an emergency by operators of a dam is to be regulated under the Gujarat State Disaster Management Act, 2003.

2. The matter has been examined. Every operator of a dam carrying on the operation of a dam in an emergency shall make an application in Form F to the State Executive Committee within sixty days, accompanied by a fee of two thousand rupees.

3. It is, accordingly, clarified that a separate application shall be made in respect of each place at which the operation of a dam in an emergency is undertaken, and the State Executive Committee 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 Information and Public Relations Department, Government of Gujarat.

(Secretary to Government)