Preamble

[Translation in English of “2002-ലലെ കകേരള ഭഭൂജലെലം (നനിയന്ത്രണവവലം ക്രമമീകേരണവവലം) ആകക” published under the authority of the Governor.]

ACT 19 OF 2002

THE KERALA GROUND WATER (CONTROL AND REGULATION) ACT, 2002 *

AN

ACT

to provide for the conservation of ground water and for the regulation and control of its extraction and use in the State of Kerala.

Preamble.—WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the conservation of Ground Water and for the regulation and control of its extraction and use in the State of Kerala;

AND WHEREAS in certain areas of the State the tendency of indiscriminate extraction of Ground Water is continuing;

AND WHEREAS it is felt that the erratic extraction of ground water is found to result in undesired environmental problems in such areas;

AND WHEREAS the ground water is a critical resource of the State;

AND WHEREAS it is considered necessary in the public interest to regulate and control any form of development of ground water in the State of Kerala;

BE it enacted in the Fifty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows:—