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THE UTTAR PRADESH GROUND WATER (MANAGEMENT AND REGULATION) ACT, 2019

उत्‍तर प्रदेश भू-गर्भ जल (प्रबंधन और विनियमन) अधिनियम, 2019

Uttar Pradesh
Act number
13 of 2019
Department
Namami Gange and Rural Water Supply
Enacted
8 Feb 13

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52 sections

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