Indemnity

Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, the Government or its officers and employees shall not be liable for any damage to, or penalty for discontinuing the supply of water or reducing the supply of water or failure to supply water to any person or to any area if the cause of such failure to supply water to any person or to any area, is due to source depletion, drought, damage, accident, re-laying or repairing pipes or any other circumstance that is beyond the control of the Government, its officers and employees.