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Office Memorandum No. 3065/2018/SWD of the Social Welfare Department, Government of West Bengal dated 4th September, 2018 on the drawing of water from a river [C17-F61]

As at 6 September 2026. In force. No commencement recorded.

Dates: made 4 September 2018; in force not recorded; ceased none recorded. Gazette: none recorded. Band B.

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

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Cite: Office Memorandum No. 3065/2018/SWD of the Social Welfare Department, Government of West Bengal dated 4th September, 2018 on the drawing of water from a river, Office Memorandum No. 3065/2018/SWD, 4th September, 2018 [C17-F61]. Machine: C17-F61.

No. 3065/2018/SWD

GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL

Social Welfare Department, Government of West Bengal

Kolkata, dated the 4th September, 2018

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: The drawing of water from a river by riparian owners under the Bengal Irrigation Act, 1876, regarding.

1. The undersigned is directed to say that references have been received in the Social Welfare Department, Government of West Bengal on the manner in which the drawing of water from a river by riparian owners is to be regulated under the Bengal Irrigation Act, 1876.

2. The matter has been examined. Every riparian owner carrying on the drawing of water from a river shall make an application in Form A to the Irrigation Authority within twenty-one days, accompanied by a fee of two hundred and fifty rupees.

3. It is, accordingly, clarified that a separate application shall be made in respect of each place at which the drawing of water from a river is undertaken, and the Irrigation 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 Social Welfare Department, Government of West Bengal.

(Secretary to Government)

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Office Memorandum No. 3065/2018/SWD of the Social Welfare Department, Government of West Bengal dated 4th September, 2018 on the drawing of water from a river [C17-F61]