Pampa River Basin Authority Act, 2009

No: 33 Dated: Oct, 19 2009

THE PAMPA RIVER BASIN AUTHORITY ACT, 2009

ACT NO. 33 OF 2009

    An Act to provide for the constitution of an Authority in the State for the conservation of water resources in the Pampa River and its basins as an integral unit and matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Preamble.-

    WHEREAS, the Pampa River is considered as a Holy River in connection with Sabarimala Temple and the pilgrimage to that temple;

    AND WHEREAS, the Government is bound to ensure the quality of water in the river and to take measures to prevent pollution and to undertake integrated planning, monitoring, management and development of water resources in the river with the river basins as an integral unit;

    AND WHEREAS, the State Government have prepared Pampa Action Plan to carry out the different projects to achieve the above objects;

    AND WHEREAS, a statutory body is required as a co- ordinated and effective mechanism for the management of the projects undertaken by the various Government Departments and Agencies as part of the Pampa Action Plan and for their monitoring and for the conservation and development of the water resources and the Pampa River Basins;

    AND WHEREAS, it is expedient to provide for the constitution of an Authority in the State for the conservation of water resources in Pampa River and its basins as an integral unit and for the management of allied activities and matters connected therewith or incidental thereto;

BE it enacted in the Sixtieth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-

CHAPTER I

PRELIMINARY

1. Short title and commencement. – (1) This Act may be called the Pampa River Basin Authority Act, 2009.

(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 2nd day of August 2008.

2. Definitions.- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

(a) "Authority" means the Pampa River Basin Authority constituted under section 3;

(b) "Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Authority;

(c) “Executive Committee” means the committee constituted under section 11;

(d) “Fund” means the Pampa River Basin Authority Fund constituted under section 12;

(e) "Government" means the Government of Kerala;

(f) "member" means a member of the Authority;

(g) ‘Member-Secretary” means the Member-Secretary of the Authority;

(h) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette;

(i) “Pampa Action Plan” means the plan of the Government of Kerala for the conservation of Pampa River and its reservoirs by averting pollution, through the projects undertaking integrated planning, monitoring, management and development of water sources;

(j) "Pampa River Basin" means the reservoir areas of the Pampa River, its two banks and its tributaries;

(k) "Project Director" means the Project Director of the Authority;

(l) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;

(m) “regulations” means the regulations made under section 21;

(n) "State" means the State of Kerala.