Section 2
Declaration of certain stretches of rivers and canals as National Waterway. Repealed
About this Act
An Act to provide for the declaration of the Talcher-Dhamra stretch of Brahmani-KharsuaDhamra rivers, Geonkhali-Charbatia stretch of East Coast Canal, Charbatia-Dhamra stretch of Matai river and Mahanadi delta rivers between Mangalgadi and Paradip in the States of West Bengal and Orissa to be a national waterway and also to provide for the regulation and development of the said stretch of the rivers and the canals for the purposes of shipping and navigation on the said waterway and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
The TalcherDhamra
stretch of Brahmani-Kharsua-Dhamra rivers, Geonkhali-Charbatia stretch of East Coast
Canal, Charbatia-Dhamra stretch of Matai river and Mahanadi delta rivers between Mangalgadi and
Paradip, the limits of which are specified in the Schedule, is hereby declared to be a National
Waterway.