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(1) The functions ofthe District Board shall be to : (a) Notify the catchment area on the recommendation of the Executive Committee and the Village Water and Sanitation Comminee ryWSC); (b) Prepare the Master plan for Drinking Water Catchment A.ea Protection based on the input of VWSC and recommendation of the Executive Committee. The Master plan shall include:- (i) Delineation of the catchment area or the watershed for protection; (ii) Assessment ofthe area forthe catchment protection orthe watershed and the discharge ofthe water source: (iii) Outline the schemes for protection of the watershed area and the source; and (iv) The Master plan may provide for such matters as may be considered necessary for the protection of the watershed area and sustainable development ofthe catchmentarea. (c) Approve theAction plan of the Drinking WaterCatchmentAreas Protection prepared by the Executive Committee based on the input from the VWSC; (d) The land, other than Forest Reserves, protected Forest, Anchal Forest Reserve, Village Forest Reserve, Wild Life Sanctuaries, Natjonal Parks, Community Reserved Forest, Eco-sensitive Zone (ESZs) of Protected Areas and Unclassed Forest shall be donated voluntarily for conservation and development of drinking water catchment area protection but the land so donated shall not be used for any other purpose and no compensation shall be paid for such donated land. Provided that, in extreme circumstances, wherein the livelihood of an individual or community, as the case may be, is affected dueto such earmarking and donation of land, thebistrict Board may determine the compensation to be paid, which however, shall not be claimed as a matter of right. (e) For effective development of drinking water catchmenl area protection and donating of land for such purpose, the Diskict drinking water catchment area protection Board shall carry out the following measures: Constitution of District Drinkjng Water Calch- mentAreas Protection Board (DDWCAPB), Functions of the District Drinking Water catchment Areas Protection Board. 4 The Arunachal Pradesh Extraordinary Gaz€tte. Ap 28, ?023 Constitution ot 7 District Executive Committee for DrinkingWater Catchment Areas Protection (DECDWCAP). Functionsofthe I Distact Executive Committee for Drinking Water Catchment Area Protection. (i) Organiging of awareness programme in different level; (ii) Promotion of voluntary donation of land for protection of catchment area in the village; (iii) lntroduction of award system, initially five best villages mannually in a district. The best villages shall be selected based on the score card to be delermined by the Board on thefollowing:- (a) weighEge on iaster hnd donaticn including weightage on areas (measures in square meter) ofland. (b) rnitiatives taken by the village(s) for upkeepment of forest in the catchment areas; (c) initiatives taken by village(s) on rain harvesting measures; (d) rnitiatives taken by the village(s) on any rnnovative application like combrning eco-tourism and bro- diversity conseNation with the water conservation to make the protection ofcatchment area sustainable. (e) The $ate Govemment shall br the aforesakl purpose make appropriate annual incentives and award per district and deposit it towards the District Drinking Water CatchmentArea Protection Board. (0 Decide on such other matter connected with the improvement and augmentiation of yield of drinking water from sources therein; (g) ln matter involving issues pertaining to two or more VWSCS within the district, it shall give its decision. (2) The District Board shall meet as often as may be necessary but not less than thnce in a calendar year The State Govemmentshall by notification constitute a Committee at the district level to be known as the 'District Executive Committee for Drlnking Water Catchment Areas Protection (DECDWCAP)' to carry out the various aclivities envisaged under theAct under its domain and to recommend, advise the District Board on matter connected with the dnnking water catchment areas and their protection; (1) The functions of the District Executive Committee shall be to : (a) Recommend to the District Board for notification of catchment area on the resolution of the Village Water and Sanitation Committee (\/vVSC). (b) Prepare the Action Plan for Drinking Water Catchment Area Protection. The Action Plan shall include proposals of funding from State. CSR. MPLAD, MLALAD, and other related non-tied tund, etc. to be implemented through PHED on the approvalof the District Board. For depositing such fund, the executive committee shall open a joint account to be operated by the Deputy Commissioner and Executive Engrneer (PHE&WS DePartment). (c) Tho action plan shall also include the works if any to be taken up in the catchment areas for water conservation directly by the line departments through their own programmes and funds. (2) The District Executjve Committee (DEC) shall perform the duty of interface between VWSC and the District Board. (3) The Member secretary DEC shall constitute a monitoring and evaluation unit in his/her office from the existing strength which shall support in compilation. evaluation and study of any report, returns pertaining to the Act that comes up before the DEC. The District Executive Committee shall furnish a monthly report to DistrictAdvisory Board & StateAdvisory Board on the implementation and progress related to the CatchmentAreas Protection Act. The District Executive Committee shall meet as often as may be necessary but not less than twice in a calendar year. (4) (5) The Arunachal Pradesh Extraordinary Gazette, April 28, 2023