(1) Whenever it appears to the Government that any drainage work, excluding field drain, is necessary in the interest of public health or for improvement of any land, or for the proper cultivation or irrigation thereof, or for protection from floods and other accumulation of water or injurious salts or for prevention of erosion by a water source, the Government may, by notification, declare that the drainage work shall be constructed after a day to be specified in the said notification not being earlier than three months from the date thereof.
(2) As soon as practicable after the issuance of notification under subsection (1), the Executive Engineer or any officer duly empowered by him in this behalf shall cause public notice to be given at convenient places, indicating the intention of the Government to construct the drainage work excluding field drain referred to in sub-section (1).
(3) The Government shall acquire land, if required, for construction of drainage works in accordance with the provisions of State Land Acquisition Act, Samvat 1990.