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Section 37: No encroachment shall be allowed in the irrigation land

The Kerala Irrigation and Water Conservation Act, 2003State Act of Kerala · Act 31 of 2003

(1) No person shall occupy any irrigation land for cultivation or for any other purpose and the irrigation officer shall take all necessary steps to remove encroachment on such lands.

Explanation :—For the purposes of this sub-section 'irrigation land' means any land owned, controlled or maintained by Government for the purposes of an irrigation work but shall not include a poramboke.

(2) The Government may declare any project area or any irrigation land or part thereof as protected area and entry to such area shall be restricted by the concerned officers.

(3) No person shall let out any industrial effluent or domestic effluent to any water course without proper treatment.

1[(4) No person shall deposit or cause to deposit rubbish or filth or excreta or any other waste materials in any distributary system or water course or allow to flow waste water into it or pollute the water in any other way.]

Where this provision sits

ActThe Kerala Irrigation and Water Conservation Act, 2003
Section37
Marginal noteNo encroachment shall be allowed in the irrigation land
JurisdictionState of Kerala
StatusIn force as published by the source

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