Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Power to notify areas to regulate and control the development and management of Groundwater (1) The Authority shall function under the overall control and supervision of the State Government. (2) If the Authority after consultation with the experts is-of the opinion that it is necessary or expedient in the public interest to control and or regulate the extraction of groundwater in any form in any area. it shall advise the Slate Government to declare any such area to be notjiled a vu for the purposes of this Act. May 31, 2023 The Nagaland Gazette, Part-V 15 (3) The State Government after examining the advice of the Authority, received under sub-section (2), and after making such further enquiry as it may deem fit, may h notification, declare such area or part thereof to be the notJiecI area with effect frort such date. as may be specified therein, provided that the State Government may suo mow by notification declare its intention to notify any area to be the notified area under this section. if deemed necessary. (4) Everysuch notificatitin issued under Sub-section t3 I shall, in addition to its publication in the official Gazette. be published in net less than two daily newspapers having wide circulation in the State and shall also be served by affixing a copy of the notification at the offices of the Village/Ward/Colony Councils located in the said area and at some conspicuous places of the locality. (5) The persons iilely to he affected by the notification issued tinder sub-section (4). may file objections or suggestions within 30 (thirty days) from the date of publication to the State Government which shall be decided by it within thirty days. after public hearing and thereafter, final notification shall be issued within thirty days. (6) if in the opinion of the Authority, the availability of the groundwater has improved in notified area. it may advise the State Government to denoti' such area, and the State Government may in the like manner. dcnotify such area. (7) The Authority shall take steps to ensure that exploitation of groundwater resources does not exceed the natural replenishment to the aquifers and wherever, there is mismatch, steps shall be taken to ensure augmentation of groundwater resources in addition to regulatory measures.