Section 3:
Declaration as to expediency of control by the Union of certain stretches of rivers and canals for certain purposes.
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).