(1) From the date of commencement of this Act, no person shall use any water source without obtaining the Entitlement from the respective River Basin Agency:
Provided that, no Entitlement shall be required in case of, -
(a) any bore well, tube well or other wells which are being used Ior domestic purposes; and
(b) tanks, small reservoirs or catchments of rainwater harvesting with an annual yield capacity as may be decided by the Authority.
Explanation j Fot the purposes of this section, the expression "person" shall includes individual, group of indivjduals, all local authorities, association, societies, companies, etc.
(2) Use ol the Water lor the purposes of agriculture, rhrough any existing well, bore well, tube well in the command area of a project on the date o{ commencement of thisAct, shall be allowed to continue till date as may be notif ied by the Authority.
(3) There shall not be any restriction on digging of any well , bore well or tube well in the command area of a project, till Such date as may be notified by the Authority.
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(4) Water shall not be made available from the canal for perennial crops in such area and from such date as may be notified by the Authority, unless the cultivator adopts drip irrigation or sprinkled irrigatlon or such other water saving lechnology approved by the Authority. The quantity of water so saved , after satisfying the further increased demand of drinking water , shall be disvibuted equitably in the command area and the adjoining area.