Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Whenever from any action taken under sec. of ~chemes tions 4, 5 and 6 it appears to the State Government for 1tmprovef- that any emban~Ihent or drainage work is necessary men o . . drains em· for ·_ the improvement of any lands or for the proper bankU:ents ·cultivation or irrigation thereof or for protection and .flood from floods, other accumulation of water or from protectwn. ' erosion ' by a river or for the improvement of the health of · any tract, the State Government may cause a. detailed survey for the Scheme to be made and a scheme for such embankment or ·drainage work to be draw11 up by the Embankment -Officer and puLlished · toge- ther witb,,an estimate of its cost and a statement cif such l 5 cost as the State Government · propose to recover by imposition of be-tterment cess or water rate ·and the period during ' which such imposition will be in force. Provided that before taking any action under this section ,· the State Government shall consult the Railway or any - Local Body which is directly affected by any such scheme.