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The Maharashtra Khar Lands Development Act, 1979

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The Maharashtra Khar Lands Development Act, 1979, is a legislative framework designed to reclaim, protect, and develop "khar lands"—tidal or salt-affected lands—for agricultural use. The Act empowers the State Government to construct and maintain embankments, dams, and sluices to prevent seawater from flooding fertile soil. It applies to landowners, occupiers, and holders of such tidal lands in specific districts of Maharashtra. For the ordinary citizen, this Act is significant because it facilitates land reclamation for farming, regulates the use of these lands, and mandates the payment of a "khar lands cess" to support the maintenance of these protective structures.

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  1. 1. Short title, extent and commencement
  2. 2. Definitions
  3. 3. Duties and powers of State Government
  4. 4. Khar Lands Development Officers
  5. 5. Chief Controlling Authority
  6. 6. Preparation of schemes
  7. 7. Publication of draft scheme and of final scheme
  8. 8. Commencement and effect of scheme
  9. 9. Execution of scheme
  10. 10. Power to vary scheme
  11. 11. Power to revoke scheme
  12. 12. Upon such revocation, the provisions of this Act shall cease to apply to such scheme except as respects things done or omitted to be done before the revocation of the scheme.
  13. 13. Forfeiture of lease of land in scheme for failure to cultivate or to pay cess
  14. 14. Village panchayats responsible for supervision and repairs of embankments
  15. 15. Advisory Committee
  16. 16. Right of entry

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