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(1) The District Magistrate may, if it appears necessary for the purpose of protecting life and property from the danger caused or threatened by flood, by order, direct that, subject to any exemptions made by general order or special permission, all persons or any class of persons in any area to be specified shall remove themselves or be removed from it or to any specified part thereof and may do any other act which is necessary for this purpose. (2) Any order made under sub-section (1) for the removal of persons may specify- (a) the route or routes by which all or any class of persons are to remove themselves or be removed from the specified area; (b) the time or times by which they are to remove themselves or be removed from the specified area; (c) the place or places to which they are to proceed or be taken on removing themselves or being removed from the specified area; and may make such other incidental or supplementary provisions as may appear necessary or expedient for the purposes of the said order. [Power to divert flow or remove obstruction 3-A (1) Whenever the District Magistrate is of the opinion that for the purpose of preventing an imminent danger to life or serious damage to property, caused or threatened by floods in any area, it is necessary in the public interest- (i) to divert the flow of the flooded water; or (ii) to remove wholly or in part any wall, embankment or any other object causing obstruction to the flow of such water in any direction ; he may make such order, as he thinks necessary, for diverting the flow of such water or for the removal of such wall, embankment or object, as the case may be. (2) An order made by the District Magistrate tinder sub-section (1) shall be executed by such agency and in such manner as may be specified in the order.]1 Accommodation of evacuated person