section 7
Compensation for damages
The Punjab Canal and Drainage Act, 2023The compensation may be awarded for any damage caused for the following matters, namely:- (a) stoppage or diminution of supply of water through any natural channel to any defined artificial channel, whether above or underground, in use at the date of the said notification; (b) stoppage or diminution of supply of water to any work erected for purposes of profit on any channel, whether natural or artificial, in use at the date of the said notification; (c) stoppage or diminution of supply of water through any natural channel which has been used for purposes of irrigation within five years next before the date of the said notification; (d) damage done in respect of any right to a water course of the use of any water to which any person is entitled under the Limitation Act, 1963, Part IV; and (e) any other substantial damage, not falling under any of the above clauses (a), (b), (c) or (d), and caused by the exercise of the powers conferred by this Act, which is capable of being ascertained and estimated at the time of awarding such compensation. In determining the amount of such compensation, the procedure as per the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 shall be followed.
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