Uttar Pradesh Ground Water (Management and Regulation) Act, 2019
No: 13 Dated: Aug, 07 2019
Uttar Pradesh Ground Water (Management and Regulation) Act, 2019
-: Preliminary :-
1. Short title, extent and commencement. - (1), This Act may be called the Uttar Pradesh Ground Water (Management and Regulation) Act, 2019.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Uttar Pradesh.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint and different dates for different areas may be appointed.
(4) Penal provisions made under this Act shall not be applicable on domestic and agricultural users of ground water.
2. Definitions. - (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) 'Appropriate Authorities' means 'Gram Panchayat Ground Water Sub-Committee'; 'Block Panchayat Ground Water Management Committee'; 'Municipal Water Management Committee' and the 'District Ground Water Management Council';
(b) 'Aquifer' means an underground layer of geological formation, group of formations or part of a formation, comprising fractured rocks, sand, gravel and like sediments, that is sufficiently porous, permeable and saturated with water and that transmits/accepts and yields significant quantity of water to a well or spring;
(c) 'Bhoojal Sena' means group of persons constituted in every district of Uttar Pradesh for carrying out ground water awareness programs;
(d) 'Block Panchayat Ground Water Management Committee' means the Block Panchayat Ground Water Management Committee constituted under Section 4;
(d) 'Block Panchayat Ground Water Management Committee' means the Block Panchayat Ground Water Management Committee constituted under Section 4;
(e) 'Bulk User' means a person or a group of persons including any establishment such as hotels/lodges/private residential buildings/housing colonies/resorts/private hospitals/nursing homes/business complexes/malls/water parks, which extract and use ground water for the purpose of his or her or their operational water needs;
(f) 'Central Ground Water Board' means the Central Ground Water Board; Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Government of India;
(g) 'Commercial user' means a person or a group of persons including any institution or any agency or any establishment who or which extract and use ground water for the purpose which directly or indirectly benefits his/her or their business or trade to make financial gain or profit;
(h) 'Development Authority' means a District Development Authority in the State of Uttar Pradesh;