Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:— (क) "Agriculture" includes horticulture, dairy farming, poultry farming and planting of trees in any orchard and its maintenance; (ख) "Appellate Authority" means the Regional Chief Engineer of the Public Works Department of Uttarakhand, appointed by the Government by notification in the Official Gazette to perform any or all the functions conferred by this Act and the rules made thereunder; (ग) "Building" means any structure of a residential, hut or other roof, whether for any purpose or constructed of any material, and any part thereof, and includes any wall or pucca house or pucca trench or drain therein, but does not include any tent or fencing for agricultural purposes; (घ) "Building line" means a line on one side of a road or part of a road as specified by the Government by notification in the Official Gazette in such road or part thereof, in the prescribed manner; (ङ) "Approval Authority" means any authority not below the rank of Executive Engineer of the Public Works Department of Uttarakhand, appointed by the Government by notification in the Official Gazette to perform any or all the functions conferred by this Act and the rules made thereunder; (च) "Controlled Area" means any area declared under section 3 of the Uttar Pradesh Roadside Land Control Act, 1945 (as amended from time to time) for the purposes of this Act; (छ) "Controlled line" means any area of the road or part of the road other than the building line specified in the prescribed manner by the Government by notification in the Official Gazette; (ज) "Department" means such department of the Uttarakhand Government which performs activities related to road infrastructure; (झ) "Government" means the Government of Uttarakhand; (ञ) "Map" means the road infrastructure map of any part notified by the State Government under section 4 of this Act; (ट) "Official Gazette" means the Gazette of Uttarakhand; (ठ) "Place of Worship" includes temple, church, mosque, imam bara, dargah, karbala, takiya, idgah, samadhi, math, sati place or gurudwara; (ड) "Prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (ढ) "Prescribed Authority" means any authority not below the rank of Junior Engineer of the Public Works Department of Uttarakhand, appointed by the Government by notification in the Official Gazette to perform any or all the functions conferred by this Act and the rules made thereunder; (ण) "Review Authority" means the Secretary of the Public Works Department of Uttarakhand, appointed by the Government by notification in the Official Gazette to perform any or all the functions conferred by this Act and the rules made thereunder; (त) "Road" means the road under protection of the Uttarakhand Government or any local authority and does not include the National Highway; (थ) "Road Infrastructure" means any road, path and street for traffic or communication, and includes— (one) width of the acquired road land; (two) all types of roads and their structure, such as road kharanja, edges, retaining wall, breast wall, general wall, drains, turns, roadside drains, road junction, medians, speed breakers, road lights, traffic lights etc.; (three) any traffic and communication method road auxiliary structure; (four) bridges including approach road, retaining wall, breast wall, protective work and supporting structures; (five) express ways including interchange, grade separation, dual-carriageway and other necessary infrastructure; (six) road facilities like parapets, railings, mile stones, kilometer stone, bench, signs, view and sign boards, barricading and crash barriers; (seven) road over bridge, flyovers and access roads and their supporting structures; (eight) road side parking site; (nine) road side plantation, nursery, hedge and other landscape elements; (ten) toll booth/plaza; (eleven) tunnels and necessary structures; (twelve) road side amenities/structures like shelter for protection from rain, bus lane, public amenities, park and open space situated on land adjoining the road; (द) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Government of Uttarakhand for the Public Works Department and includes any person appointed for the time being as Secretary to perform any or all functions conferred by this Act and the rules made thereunder by notification; (ध) "Work Inspector" means any employee of the Public Works Department appointed by the State Government by notification and includes work agent of the department.