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For the safety of embankments and for protecting the life and property of the people, the prescribed authority shall–– (a) cause to be constructed flood gauges at different places in a water source particularly at locations, where there are habitations, indicating thereon danger marks, in bold and legible letters to make the public aware of the danger marks ; and (b) to establish flood control rooms with warning system in all such areas which are prone to erosion or submergence in case of high floods in order to combat any emergent situation arising during the high floods in any water source.