Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and
Ganga Rejuvenation has uploaded the draft national water framework bill and
draft model bill for conservation, protection, regulation and management of
ground water on its website (http://mowr.gov.in).
The Draft National Water Framework Bill
provides an overarching national legal framework based on principles for
protection, conservation, regulation and management of water as a vital and
stressed natural resource, under which legislation and executive action on
water at all levels of governance can take place. The
comments/suggestions/views from all Individuals/Experts
/Organizations/Institutions on the above bill may be sent to jspp-mowr@nic.in or
sjcpp-mowr@nic.in latest
by June 25, 2016.
The
Draft Ground Water Model Bill is based on the principles of subsidarity,
equitable distribution in an integrated approach. The State should act as a
public trustee of ground water, which should be treated as a common pool
resource to make sure that groundwater is protected, conserved, regulated and
managed. The comments/suggestions/views from all Individuals/Experts/Organizations/Institutions
on the above bill may be sent to dirgw-mowr@nic.in or
pratul.saxena@nic.in latest by June 25, 2016.
Samir/jk