Section 5
Constitution of National Committee..
About this Act
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.
(1) With effect from such date as the Central
Government may, by notification, appoint, there shall be constituted, for the purposes of this Act, a
National Committee to be known as the National Committee on Dam Safety consisting of the
following members, namely:
(a) the Chairman, Central Water CommissionChairperson, ex officio;
(b) not exceeding ten representatives of the Central Government not below the rank of Joint Secretary to that Government or equivalent dealing with matters relating to dam engineering or dam safety, nominated by the Central GovernmentMembers, ex officio;
(c) not exceeding seven representatives of the State Governments of the level of Engineer-inChief or equivalent by rotation, nominated by the Central GovernmentMembers, ex officio; and
(d) not exceeding three specialists in the field of dam safety and allied fields nominated by the Central GovernmentMembers.
(2) The National Committee shall be constituted within a period of sixty days from the date of commencement of this Act, and shall be reconstituted for every three years thereafter.
(a) the Chairman, Central Water CommissionChairperson, ex officio;
(b) not exceeding ten representatives of the Central Government not below the rank of Joint Secretary to that Government or equivalent dealing with matters relating to dam engineering or dam safety, nominated by the Central GovernmentMembers, ex officio;
(c) not exceeding seven representatives of the State Governments of the level of Engineer-inChief or equivalent by rotation, nominated by the Central GovernmentMembers, ex officio; and
(d) not exceeding three specialists in the field of dam safety and allied fields nominated by the Central GovernmentMembers.
(2) The National Committee shall be constituted within a period of sixty days from the date of commencement of this Act, and shall be reconstituted for every three years thereafter.