Office Memorandum No. 1225/2023/SWD of the Social Welfare Department, Government of West Bengal dated 3rd May, 2023 on the discharge of effluent into a stream [C19-VHF]
As at 7 September 2026. In force. No commencement recorded.
No. 1225/2023/SWD
GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL
Social Welfare Department, Government of West Bengal
Kolkata, dated the 3rd May, 2023
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: The discharge of effluent into a stream by person discharging effluent into a streams 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 discharge of effluent into a stream by person discharging effluent into a streams is to be regulated under the Bengal Irrigation Act, 1876.
2. The matter has been examined. Every person discharging effluent into a stream carrying on the discharge of effluent into a stream shall make an application in Form G to the Ground Water Authority within seven days, accompanied by a fee of fifty rupees.
3. It is, accordingly, clarified that a separate application shall be made in respect of each place at which the discharge of effluent into a stream is undertaken, and the Ground Water Authority shall dispose of it within seven 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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