Konkan Irrigation Development Corporation Act, 1997
No: 3 Dated: Jan, 06 1998
THE KONKAN IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ACT, 1997
ACT No. Ill OF 1998
An Act to make special provisions for mobilisation of resources for, completion of some ongoing irrigation projects in time bound manner, for promotion and operation of the said irrigation projects in Konkan region, and for command area development and schemes for generation of hydro-electric energy and other allied and incidental activities including flood control by establishing the Konkan Irrigation Development Corporation;
Whereas it was expedient to make special provisions for promotion and operation of some irrigation projects in Konkan region, command area development, and schemes for generation of hydro-electric energy and other allied and incidental activities including flood control, by establishing the Konkan Irrigation Development Corporation;
And Whereas it was considered necessary to immediately make a law for the same;
And Whereas both Houses of the State Legislature were not in session;
And Whereas the Governor of Maharashtra was satisfied that circumstances existed which rendered it necessary for him to take immediate action to make a law for the purposes hereinafter appearing; and, therefore, promulgated the Konkan Irrigation Development Ordinance, 1997 on the 4th December, 1997;
And Whereas it is expedient to replace the Ordinance by an Act of the State Legislature;
It is hereby enacted in the Forty-eighth Year of the Republic of India, as follows:—
CHAPTER I
Preliminary
1. Short title, extent and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the Konkan Irrigation Development Corporation Act, 1997.
(2) It shall extend to the area of the Konkan region of the State of Maharashtra specified in the Schedule and such other area or areas, as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify.
(3) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 4th December, 1997.
2. Definitions. - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) "Area of operation of the Corporation" means the area of the Konkan specified in the Schedule, and any other area or areas to which the provisions of this Act are extended by the State Government by notification in the Official Gazette, under sub-section (2) of section 1;
(b) "Corporation" means the Konkan Irrigation Development Corporation established under section 3;
(c) "Hydro-Electric Power Project" means and includes the planning, construction, maintenance and management of Hydro-Electric Power Projects, within the area of operation of the Corporation and shall also include such hydro-electric power projects as are assigned, handed over or transferred to the Corporation by the State Government;
(d) "Irrigation Department" means the Irrigation Department of the Government;
(e) "Irrigation Project" means the planning, construction, maintenance and management of -
(i) Major Irrigation Project having irrigable command area of more than 10,000 hectares,
(ii) Medium Irrigation Project having irrigable command area of more than 2,000 hectares and upto 10,000 hectares,
(iii) Minor Irrigation Project having irrigable command area of more than 250 hectares and upto 2,000 hectares.
and shall include command area development, flood control and other allied activities;
(f) "member" means a member of the Corporation designated as Director;
(g) "prescribed" means prescribed by the rules made under this Act;
(h) "regulations" means the regulations made under this Act;
(i) "schedule" means the schedule appended to this Act;
(j) "State Government" or "Government" means the Government of Maharashtra.