Office Memorandum No. 886/2020/HD of the Home Department, Government of West Bengal dated 23rd July, 2020 on the extraction of ground water [C17-NAY]

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Dates: made 23 July 2020; in force not recorded; ceased none recorded. Gazette: none recorded. Band B.

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

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Cite: Office Memorandum No. 886/2020/HD of the Home Department, Government of West Bengal dated 23rd July, 2020 on the extraction of ground water, Office Memorandum No. 886/2020/HD, 23rd July, 2020 [C17-NAY]. Machine: C17-NAY.

No. 886/2020/HD

GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL

Home Department, Government of West Bengal

Kolkata, dated the 23rd July, 2020

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: The extraction of ground water by person drawing ground waters under the Bengal Irrigation Act, 1876, regarding.

1. The undersigned is directed to say that references have been received in the Home Department, Government of West Bengal on the manner in which the extraction of ground water by person drawing ground waters is to be regulated under the Bengal Irrigation Act, 1876.

2. The matter has been examined. Every person drawing ground water carrying on the extraction of ground water shall make an application in Form C to the Dam Safety Authority within ninety days, accompanied by a fee of one thousand rupees.

3. It is, accordingly, clarified that a separate application shall be made in respect of each place at which the extraction of ground water is undertaken, and the Dam Safety Authority shall dispose of it within ninety days of its receipt.

4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this office memorandum may be brought to the notice of the Home Department, Government of West Bengal.

(Secretary to Government)

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