Power to prohibit obstruction etc. in flood plain

(1) Where the Flood Zoning Authority is satisfied that it is necessary to do so in the interest of public health and safety, protection of property or reducing the inconvenience to the general public, to prohibit or restrict the activities in the flood plain, the Flood Zoning Authority may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify the areas where such prohibition or restriction is to be enforced and the nature and extent of such prohibition or restriction: (2) Upon the publication of a notification under sub-section (1), notwithstanding anything contained in any law, custom, agreement of instrument, for the time being in force, the prohibition or restriction specified in such notification shall prevail. (3) No person shall undertake any activity within the prohibited area or restricted area except with the previous permission of Flood Zoning Authority.