Power as to construction and maintenance of works in respect of canals under Schedule I

In the case of canals included under Schedule I, the Collector may-

1. (a) call upon the '[beneficiaries] to discharge any of the liabilities specified in section 52, sub-section

1. (1) which the '[State] Government may have declared to attach to the '[beneficiaries] from such canal or group of canals; or
   • (b) himself arrange for the performance of such acts and recover the cost as provided in section 57.