The Maharashtra Drinking Water Supply Requisition Act, 1983
The Maharashtra Drinking Water Supply Requisition Act, 1983
The Maharashtra Drinking Water Supply Requisition Act, 1983, regulates the temporary requisition of private wells, bore-wells, and water tanks during periods of severe water scarcity. It applies to private well owners and allows local government authorities to divert their water supply to the public for drinking purposes, free of charge. This legislation matters because it prioritizes public survival and basic human needs during droughts by empowering officials to access private resources. Well owners receive compensation for their water usage, while anyone obstructing this process faces fines or imprisonment, ensuring essential water reaches vulnerable communities when local supply is critically low.
- 1. Short title and commencement.
- 2. Definitions.
- 3. During Scarcity, power to order supply of water to public for drinking purposes from any well.
- 4. Guidelines for making order to supply water from any well.
- 5. Power to obtain information and enter any land for determining whether water should be supplied from any well.
- 6. When order is made for supply of water, right to enter land for obtaining such supply.
- 7. When order is made for supply of water powers to provide apparatus or machinery or water-pipes.
- 8. Amount payable to owner for utilisation of water from his well.
- 9. Appeals.
- 10. Protection of action taken under Act.
- 11. Power to make rules.
- 12. Exemptions.
- 13. Repeal of Mah. Ord. V of 1983 and saving.
- 14. Removal of difficulties.
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