Public Water Distribution Authority

(1) No authority other than a local authority, the Board or GWIL shall lay or own a public water distribution system in the State: Provided that the State Government may, in public interest, by a notification, designate any other agency to lay or own a public water distribution system for such area, as it may deem fit. (2) The jurisdiction of the local authority shall be its local limits and the jurisdiction of the Board and GWIL shall be whole of the state: Provided that where a local authority or an agency has laid a part of the public water distribution system outside its limits or area, the same shall be deemed to be within its jurisdiction for the purposes of this Act: Provided further that the Board may, on a request made by a local authority, lay and operate public water distribution system within the limits of such local authority.