Preamble

[Translation in English of “2001-ലലെ കകേരള നദദീതദീര സസംരക്ഷണവവസം മണൽ വവാരൽ നനിയന്ത്രണവവസം ആകേ‍് ററ‍്" published under the authority of the Governor.]

ACT 18 OF 2001

THE KERALA PROTECTION OF RIVER BANKS AND REGULATION OF REMOVAL OF SAND ACT, 2001*

AN ACT

to protect river banks and river beds from large scale dredging of river sand and to protect their biophysical environment system and regulate the removal of river sand and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Preamble.—WHEREAS, it has come to the notice of the Government that indiscriminate and uncontrolled removal of sand from the rivers cause large scale river bank sliding and loss of property;

AND WHEREAS, large scale dredging of river sand also disturb the

biophysical environment system of the river in different degrees;

AND WHEREAS, due to the executive regulatory orders in force, complaints have been received regarding the hardship to the employees engaged in construction works;

*Received the assent of the Governor on the 28th day of December, 2001 and published in the Kerala Gazette Extraordinary No. 285 dated 20th March, 2002.

AND WHEREAS, in the public interest, it is expedient to provide for regulatory measures for the protection of river banks and removal of sand from rivers;

BE it enacted in the Fifty-second year of the Republic of India as

follows:—