The UTTAR PRADESH GROUND WATER (MANAGEMENT AND REGULATION) ACT, 2019
uttar-pradesh · 2019
- S. 1Short title, extent and commencement
- S. 2Definitions.
- S. 3Gram Panchayat Ground Water Sub-Committee
- S. 4Block Panchayat Ground Water Management Committee
- S. 5Municipal Water Management Committee
- S. 6District Ground Water Management Council
- S. 7State Ground Water Management and Regulatory Authority
- S. 8Duties of Ground Water Department
- S. 9Powers to notify areas for management and regulation of ground water resources
- S. 10Registration of Users in Notified Areas
- S. 11Registration of Existing Commercial, Industrial, Infrastructural and Bulk Users of Ground Water in Nonnotified Areas
- S. 12Ban on new well construction in Notified Areas
- S. 13Preparation and implementation of Ground Water Security Plans in Notified areas
- S. 14Grant of Authorization for Ground Water abstraction in Non-notified areas
- S. 15‘Fixing of limit for abstraction of Ground Water for Commercial, Industrial, Infrastructural or Bulk users of ground water
- S. 16Fee on Ground Water extraction/drawl
- S. 17Registration of drilling agencies
- S. 18Powers of the Authority in Notified and Non-notified areas for any user of Ground Water
- S. 19Service of orders, etc.
- S. 20Bar to claim compensation
- S. 21Delegation of powers and duties
- S. 22Employees of the Authority to be Public Servants
- S. 23Protection against action taken in good faith
- S. 24Demarcation and protection of ground water quality sensitive zones
- S. 25Collection of information related to Ground Water pollution/ contamination
- S. 26Ground Water Pollution control measures
- S. 27Prohibition on use of well for disposal of polluting matter etc. into the Aquifers
- S. 28Ban on direct recharging from open areas into the aquifers
- S. 29Prohibition on polluting ponds, rivers, wells, etc.
- S. 30Self regulation
- S. 31Rain water harvesting, groundwater recharge and catchment conservation
- S. 32Recycling and re-use of Ground Water
- S. 33Prevention and mitigation of water logging
- S. 34Revival and Rejuvenation of rivers, ponds, wells, etc.
- S. 35Impact Assessment
- S. 36Transparency Systems
- S. 37Duties of proactive disclosure
- S. 38Information to be kept in Public Domain
- S. 39Offences and penalties
- S. 40Offences by Companies
- S. 41Compounding of offences
- S. 42Cognizance of offences
- S. 43Ground Water Grievance Redressal Officer
- S. 44Jurisdiction and powers of Groundwater Grievance Redressal Officer
- S. 45Power of the appropriate authorities to call for information
- S. 46Powers of the appropriate authorities to remove wells dug in contravention of the Act
- S. 47Pre-existing rights
- S. 48Ground Water Fund
- S. 49Power of the State Government to make Rules
- S. 50Power to remove difficulties
- S. 51Powers of the State Government to exempt any user/ cases
- S. 52Effect of this Act on other Laws