Superintendence of embankments

The 3 [Engineer-incharge, Hydraulic Works,] may— (1) cause any embankment which adjoins or connects public embankments or forms by junction with them part of a line of embankments, or is necessary for the protection of the neighbouring land, to be taken charge of and kept up by the Government; (2) cause any private embankment or other structure which endangers the stability of a public embankment or obstructs the beneficial drainage of the country to be removed; (3) change, when necessary, the line of any public embankment or make a new embankment; (4) enlarge any public embankment after acquiring land, if necessary, under the Land Acquisition Act of 1990 and do all acts necessary and proper for the maintenance thereof; (5) forbid raising of or alterations to an embankment; (6) allow the construction of a private embankment of approved plan and design within a specified period; (7) enter upon any land and use it to control a flood or breach of an embankment.