Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
when for the purpose of making any tructions etc.enquiry or survey, whether in the course of framing of a scheme under this Act or other- wise, the Irrigation Officer finds that it is expedient to remove any obstruction or clear any part of the land or any standing crop or cut down trees or jungles from any such land he may ask the farmers to remove such obst ructions or crops or jungles and to cut down trees within such time as may be specified in writing by him and if the farmers either refuse or neglect to comply with any such order the Irrigation Officer shall himself arrange removal of the obstructions or crops or jungles and cut down trees, as the case may be, and the costs for such removal or cutting down shall be treated as costs for implementing the scheme and shall be recoverable from the farmers as public demand under Bengal Public Demands Recovery Act, 1913, in such proportion as may be speci- . fied in writing by the Irrigation Officer. Recovery of