Dam Safety Act, 2021
Bare Act · 2021
An Act to provide for surveillance, inspection, operation and maintenance of the specified dam for prevention of dam failure related disasters and to provide for institutional mechanism to ensure their safe functioning and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
- Act number
- 41 of 2021
- Enacted
- 13 December 2021
- Contents
- 56 sections · 12 chapters
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Contents
Chapter I — Preliminary
- Section 1 – Short title, extent and commencement
- Section 2 – Declaration as to expediency of Union control
- Section 3 – Application
- Section 4 – Definitions
Chapter II — National Committee On Dam Safety
- Section 5 – Constitution of National Committee
- Section 6 – Functions of National Committee (preview)
- Section 7 – Meetings of National Committee (preview)
Chapter III — National Dam Safety Authority
- Section 8 – Establishment of National Dam Safety Authority (preview)
- Section 9 – Functions of Authority (preview)
- Section 10 – Officers and Employees of Authority (preview)
Chapter IV — State Committee On Dam Safety
- Section 11 – Constitution of State Committee on Dam Safety (preview)
- Section 12 – Functions of State Committee (preview)
- Section 13 – Meetings of State Committee (preview)
Chapter V — State Dam Safety Organisation
- Section 14 – Establishment of State Dam Safety Organisation (preview)
- Section 15 – Officers and employees of State Dam Safety Organisation (preview)
Chapter VI — Duties And Functioning In Relation To Dam Safety
- Section 16 – Surveillance and inspection (preview)
- Section 17 – Vulnerability and hazard classification of dams (preview)
- Section 18 – Maintenance of log books (preview)
- Section 19 – Records of dam failures and dam incidents (preview)
- Section 20 – Instructions on safety of specified dams (preview)
- Section 21 – Funds for maintenance and repairs (preview)
- Section 22 – Technical documentation (preview)
- Section 23 – Qualifications and experience of individuals responsible for safety of specified dams (preview)
- Section 24 – Jurisdiction of State Dam Safety Organisation and Authority (preview)
- Section 25 – Cost of investigation (preview)
- Section 26 – Construction or alteration of dams (preview)
- Section 27 – Initial filling of reservoirs (preview)
- Section 28 – Operation and maintenance (preview)
- Section 29 – Responsibility of owner of specified dam (preview)
Chapter VII — Safety, Inspection And Data Collection
- Section 30 – Dam safety unit (preview)
- Section 31 – Inspection (preview)
- Section 32 – Instrumentations to be installed in every specified dam (preview)
- Section 33 – Establishment of hydro-meteorological station (preview)
- Section 34 – Installations of seismological station (preview)
Chapter VIII — Emegency Action Plan And Disaster Management
- Section 35 – Obligation of owner of specified dam (preview)
- Section 36 – Emergency action plan (preview)
- Section 37 – Assistance to other disaster management authorities (preview)
Chapter IX — Comprehensive Dam Safety Evalution
- Section 38 – Comprehensive dam safety evaluation (preview)
- Section 39 – Compulsory evaluation in certain cases (preview)
- Section 40 – Reports of comprehensive evaluation (preview)
Chapter X — Offences And Penalties
- Section 41 – Punishment for obstruction, etc (preview)
- Section 42 – Offences by Departments of Government (preview)
- Section 43 – Offence by companies (preview)
- Section 44 – Cognizance of offences (preview)
Chapter XI — Miscellaneous
- Section 45 – Annual report of safety status of specified dam (preview)
- Section 46 – Safety measures in respect of dams other than specified dams (preview)
- Section 47 – Safety measures in respect of dams located outside territory of India (preview)
- Section 48 – Act to have overriding effect (preview)
- Section 49 – Power to amend Schedules (preview)
- Section 50 – Power of Central Government to give directions (preview)
- Section 51 – Vacancies, etc., not to invalidate proceedings of National Committee on Dam Safety Authority and State Committee on Dam Safety (preview)
- Section 52 – Power of Central Government to make rules (preview)
- Section 53 – Power of State Government to make rules (preview)
- Section 54 – Power to make regulations by Authority (preview)
- Section 55 – Rules and regulations to be laid before Parliament (preview)