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The Kerala Ground Water (Control and Regulation) Act, 2002 [1] Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 2002

THE KERALA GROUND WATER (CONTROL AND REGULATION) ACT, 2002 [1] ACT 19 OF 2002 THE KERALA GROUND WATER (CONTROL AND REGULATION) ACT, 2002 [1] AN ACT to provide for the conservation of ground water and for the regulation and control of its extraction and use in the State of Kerala. Preamble:--WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the conservation of Ground Water and for the regulation and control of its extraction and use in the State of Kerala; AND WHEREAS in certain areas of the State the tendency of indiscriminate extraction of Ground Water is continuing; AND WHEREAS it is felt that the erratic extraction of ground water is found to result in undesired environmental problems in such areas: AND WHEREAS the ground water is a critical resource of the State; AND WHEREAS it is considered necessary in the public interest to regulate and control any form of development of ground water in the State of Kerala; BE it enacted in the Fifty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows: - 1. Short title, extent and commencement.--(1) This Act may be called the Kerala Ground Water (Control and Regulation) Act, 2002. (2) It extends to the whole of the State.....