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Power to make regulations STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS I Act 32 of 2014.- In the Budget speech for the year 2013-14 it is declared that an Authority to develop tanks and lakes will be constituted in the State. Therefore, it is considered necessary to provided for,- (a) establishment of the Karnataka Tank Development Authority, having necessary powers and functions for, improvement of all tanks, ponds, lakes in the rural areas of the Karnataka State, and to improve Ground Water; (b) eviction of encroachment of tanks, protection and Development of Water Bodies etc., and (c) other matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Hence, the Bill. [L.A. Bill No.42 of 2014, File No. Samvyashae 19 Shasana 2014] [entries 17 and 32 of List II of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India] II Amending Act 15 of 2018.- It is considered necessary to amend the Karnataka Tank Conservation Development Authority Act, 2014 (Karnataka Act 32 of 2014) to strengthen the Tank Development Authority and repeal the Karnataka Lake Conservation and Development Act, 2014 (Karnataka Act 10 of 2015), to transfer all tanks located within the limits of Municipal Corporations including Bruhath Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike to the control of Minor Irrigation and Ground Water Development Department. An opportunity is also taken to make certain consequential amendments also. Hence, the Bill. [L.A. Bill No.60 of 2018 File No. Samvyashae 11 Shasana 2018] [entries 17 and 32 of List II of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India.] III Amendment Act 19 of 2026.- It is considered necessary to amend the Karnataka Tank Conservation and Development Authority Act, 2014 (Karnataka Act 32 of 2014), to introduce area-wise buffer zones for water bodies and permit construction of certain public utility activities such as roads, bridges, electrical line, 3 water supply line, Under Ground Drainage (UGD) line, Jack well or pump house or Sewage Treatment Plant (STP), Intermediate Sewage Pumping Station (ISPS), Wetwell, Aquaduct and allied works with prior approval of the Authority. Hence, the Bill. [L.A. Bill No. 33 of 2025, File No. SAMVYASHAE 49 SHASANA 2025] [Entries 17 and 32 of List II of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India] [Published in Karnataka Gazette Extra-ordinary No.160 in part-IVA dated:18.02.2026] ----- 4 KARNATAKA ACT NO. 32 OF 2014 (First Published in the Karnataka Gazette Extra-ordinary on the Sixth day of September, 2014) THE KARNATAKA TANK CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ACT, 2014 (Received the assent of the Governor on the Second day of September, 2014) (As amended by Act 15 of 2018 and 19 of 2026) An Act to provide for establishment of a Tank Conservation and Development Authority and other matters connected therewith or incidental thereto; Whereas, the Apex Court has already ruled that right to water is a part of right to life guaranteed by Article 21 of the Constitution of India. Whereas, due to rapid urbanization, industrialization and population explosion, water bodies like tanks and ponds are being converted into urban and industrial land use after breaking bund and draining water; Whereas, in the State there are large number of tanks which are main source of the agriculture, drinking water and rural Industries. These tanks are managed, protected, conserved and rejuvenated by various Government Departments like Minor Irrigation, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, Forest Department, 1[Urban Development Department]1 etc., Whereas, such destruction of water bodies leads to acute shortage of water and rapid depletion of ground water and thereby affecting availability of water for irrigation, drinking and consumption by live stock, besides affecting aquatic flora and fauna and accordingly there is an urgent need for protection, conservation and rejuvenation of water bodies by a Single Authority. And now therefore, it is expedient to provide for establishment of a Tank Conservation and Development Authority having necessary powers and functions to achieve the object of protection, conservation and rejuvenation of water bodies, and for other matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Be it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the sixty fifth year of the Republic of India as follows:-