Section 3
Declaration as to expediency of control by the Union of certain stretches of rivers and canals for certain purposes. Repealed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.
It is hereby declared that it is expedient in the public interest that the
Union should take under its control the regulation and development of Talcher-Dhamra stretch of
Brahmani-Kharsua-Dhamra rivers, Geonkhali-Charbatia stretch of East Coast Canal, CharbatiaDhamra
stretch of Matai river and Mahanadi delta rivers between Mangalgadi and Paradip for the
purposes of shipping and navigation on the national waterway to the extent provided in the Inland
Waterways Authority of India Act, 1985 (82 of 1985).