Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
The Authority may frame guidelines for sand mining from water bodies wherever such sand mining is environmentally harmful both in private and Government lands: Provided that sand mining shall not be permitted in over exploited basins as declared by the Authority under sub-section (1) of section 11 of the Act. Ceiling on water usage. Power to designate. Protection from breaches. Sand mining. [Act No.10 of 2002] 21 CHAPTER - 5 TREES