The Ministry of Defence (MoD) on August 02, 2024, issued the Lucknow Cantonment Board (Digging and Use of Bore Wells) Regulations, 2024.
The following has been stated-
•The Cantonment Board shall conduct a survey of existing bore wells within its jurisdiction and the survey shall include the date from which the said bore wells are in existence and average extraction of water every day.
•The density of the population shall be considered along with the availability of the present water supply source for considering the application for extraction of ground water within the Cantonment Area.
•Ground water so extracted shall not be sold in any form by the applicant or any person without permission of the authority and if it is noticed that the applicant or any person is selling the extracted ground water without permission, the registration granted shall be suspended forthwith and bore well and the flow meter shall be sealed and the user shall be liable to pay fee up to rupees five thousand or as may be specified from time to time.
•The authority may issue prohibitory orders, in case it is found that the water is contaminated and injurious to human consumption by issuing notice to the user.
•Water audit shall be carried out by the authority from time to time and availability of the ground water shall be ascertained and in case of reduction in the ground water, restriction on the extraction of ground water shall be imposed as decided by the authority
[Notification No. S.R.O. 85(E)]
