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Section 80: Superintendence of embankments.

The Jammu and Kashmir Water Resources (Regulation and Management) Act, 2010Union territory Act of Jammu and Kashmir · Act 21 of 2010

The prescribed authority may––

(a) cause any embankment which adjoins or connects public embankments, or forms by junction with them part of a line of embankments, or is necessary for the protection of the neighbouring land, to be taken charge of and kept up by the Government ;

(b) cause any private embankment or other structure which endangers the stability of a public embankment or obstructs the beneficial drainage of the concerned area to be removed ;

(c) change, when necessary, the line of any public embankment or make a new embankment ;

(d) enlarge any public embankment after acquiring land, if necessary, under the State Land Acquisition Act, Samvat 1990 and do all acts necessary and proper for the maintenance thereof ;

(e) forbid raising of, or alterations to, an embankment ;

(f) allow the construction of a private embankment of approved plan and design within a specified period ; and

(g) enter upon any land and use it to control a flood or breach of an embankment.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Jammu and Kashmir Water Resources (Regulation and Management) Act, 2010
Section80
Marginal noteSuperintendence of embankments.
JurisdictionUnion territory of Jammu and Kashmir
StatusIn force as published by the source

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