The Government of Karnataka on December 12, 2024, notified the Karnataka Ground Water (Regulation and Control of Development and Management) (Amendment) Bill, 2024 to further amend the Karnataka Ground Water (Regulation and Control of Development and Management) Act, 2011.
The following has been amended-
•In section 2, after clause (j), the following shall be inserted, namely:- “(j-a) “Implementing Agency” with all its grammatical variations and cognate expression in relation to a Government agency, public or private enterprise that undertakes drilling bore-wells or tube wells, maintenance and supply of water either directly or through contractors;”.
•In section 11 of the principal Act, after sub-section (5), the following shall be inserted, namely:- “(5A) On obtaining the permission from the Ground Water Authority or District Ground Water Committee, the land owner or implementing agency before digging a bore-well or tube well shall inform in writing at least fifteen days in advance to the officer of the local authority or urban local bodies as the Government may notify the case from time to time.”
•In section 12 of the principal Act, in subsection (8), for the words, “in order to avoid untoward incidents” the words “or tube well as in such manner as may be prescribed” shall be substituted.
•Insertion of New chapters IIIA and IIIB, CHAPTER-IIIA Measures to Prevent Children Falling in Failed or Defunct Abandoned Open Bore-Well & CHAPTER- III B Duties of the Local Authorities.
[Notification No. LA Bill No. 48 of 2024]
