The Nashik-Trimbakeshwar Kumbh Mela Authority Act, 2025
The Nashik-Trimbakeshwar Kumbh Mela Authority Act, 2025
This legislation establishes a dedicated statutory body, the Nashik-Trimbakeshwar Kumbh Mela Authority, to oversee, plan, and organize the periodic Kumbh Mela religious fair and related spiritual, travel, and infrastructure activities in Nashik Division, Maharashtra. It applies to government departments, local authorities, businesses, contractors, and visitors operating within or visiting the designated festival area. The Act grants the statutory authority broad powers to manage crowd control, requisition resources, levy fees, construct temporary townships, and streamline emergency procurements. It matters because it ensures coordinated management, enhanced public safety, and effective urban planning during massive religious congregations, safeguarding millions of pilgrims while streamlining administrative operations.
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement.
- 2. Definitions.
- 3. Committee of Ministers.
- 4. Establishment of Authority.
- 5. Composition of Authority.
- 6. Meeting of Authority.
- 7. Powers and functions of Authority.
- 8. Powers and functions of Chairperson.
- 9. Officers and employees of Authority.
- 10. Emergency procurement, construction and accounting.
- 11. Payment of compensation.
- 12. Power to impose fees.
- 13. Power to grant permission.
- 14. Powers for approving new temporary layouts, cities, townships, etc.
- 15. Kumbh Mela Fund.
- 16. Delegation of powers.
- 17. Punishment for obstruction, failure to co-operate, failure to comply with directions, etc.
- 18. Offences by companies.
- 19. Cognizance of offences.
- 20. Bar of jurisdiction of court.
- 21. Overriding effect of Act.
- 22. Power to make rules.
- 23. Power to make regulations.
- 24. Power to give directions.
- 25. Power to remove difficulties.
- 26. Repeal of Mah. Ord. V of 2025 and saving.
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