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West Bengal Ground Water Resources (Management,control and Regulation) Act, 2005 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 2005

.....Bengal Legislature received the assent of the Governor and was published in the Kolkata Gazette, Extraordinary, Part 111, No. 2110-L, WEST BENGAL ACT NO. XVIII OF 2005. An Act to manage, control and regulate indiscriminate extraction of ground water in West Bengal and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Whereas it is expedient: to manage, control and regulate indiscriminate extraction or use of ground water; And whereas it is further expedient to provide against the widespread contamination of ground water with arsenic, fluoride, iron, other heavy metals or metalloids, organic and inorganic pesticides, fungicides, and rodenticides; It is hereby enacted as follows:- Section 1 Short title, extend and commencement (1) This Act may be called the West Bengal Ground Water Resources (Management, Control and Regulation)Act, 2005. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of West Bengal. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. Section 2 Definitions In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, - (a) "Corporation Level Authority" means the Kolkata Municipal.....