The Nagaland Flood Plain Zoning Act, 2025
The Nagaland Flood Plain Zoning Act, 2025
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The Nagaland Flood Plain Zoning Act, 2025, is a legislative measure designed to manage flood risks across the state by regulating human activity in areas prone to flooding. It empowers the government to appoint a Flood Zoning Authority to survey riverbanks, identify flood-prone zones, and restrict construction or other activities that could endanger public safety or property. For ordinary citizens, this means that land use in designated flood plains may be subject to government oversight or restrictions. While the Act provides a mechanism for compensation if land use is restricted, it also imposes penalties for unauthorized activities in prohibited zones.
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement
- 2. Provided that different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and for different areas or different rivers.
- 3. Declaration of Flood Plain Zoning
- 4. Powers and functions of the Flood Zoning Authority
- 5. Survey
- 6. Power to take up survey
- 7. Payment of damages
- 8. Declaration of intention of State Government to demarcate flood plain areas
- 9. Public notices
- 10. Objections
- 11. Decision of the State Government
- 12. Powers to prohibit obstruction etc
- 13. Penalty
- 14. Power to Compound
- 15. Appeal
- 16. Revision
- 17. Payment of Compensation
- 18. Determining the compensation and apportionment by consent
- 19. Compensation not admissible
- 20. Application against award
- 21. Procedure and powers of authorities in deciding
- 22. Enforceable of section
- 23. Decision enforceable Payment under award
- 24. Power to remove Obstructions
- 25. Preventing Flood Zoning
- 26. Flood Zoning Authority
- 27. Protection of action taken
- 28. Recovery of Fine
- 29. Power of Court
- 30. Power to make rules
- 31. Fund allotment
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