Office Memorandum No. 3605/2023/TD of the Transport Department, Government of West Bengal dated 9th July, 2023 on the operation of a lift irrigation scheme [C16-13Y]
As at 7 September 2026. In force. No commencement recorded.
No. 3605/2023/TD
GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL
Transport Department, Government of West Bengal
Kolkata, dated the 9th July, 2023
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: The operation of a lift irrigation scheme by owners of a lift irrigation scheme under the Bengal Irrigation Act, 1876, regarding.
1. The undersigned is directed to say that references have been received in the Transport Department, Government of West Bengal on the manner in which the operation of a lift irrigation scheme by owners of a lift irrigation scheme is to be regulated under the Bengal Irrigation Act, 1876.
2. The matter has been examined. Every owner of a lift irrigation scheme carrying on the operation of a lift irrigation scheme shall make an application in Form B to the Ground Water Authority within twenty-one 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 lift irrigation scheme is undertaken, and the Ground Water Authority shall dispose of it within twenty-one days of its receipt.
4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this office memorandum may be brought to the notice of the Transport Department, Government of West Bengal.
(Secretary to Government)
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