Government may prohibit formation of obstructions of rivers etc, within certain limits

Whenever it appears to the Government that injury to the public health or public convenience or to any canal or to any land for which irrigation from a canal is available, has arisen or may arise from the obstructions of any river, stream or natural drainage course, the Government may, by notification, prohibit within limits to be defined in such notification, the formation of any such obstruction, or may, within such limits, order the removal or other modifications of such obstruction and thereupon so much of the said river, stream, or natural drainage course, as is comprised within such limits, shall be held to be a drainage work as defined in section 2. When an application for supply of water is personally delivered, the counterfoil receipt for applications attached to the duplicate form shall be initialed and dated by the Officer receiving such application and handed back to the person from whom such application is received. In other cases, the counterfoil shall be similarly initialed and dated and shall be dispatched to the applicant as soon as may be practicable after the application is received.