Act Number: 41

Act Name: The Dam Safety Act, 2021

Year: 2021

Enactment Date: 2021-12-13

Long Title: 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.

Ministry: Ministry of Jal Shaktri

Department: Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation

Section 22: Technical documentation.
    (1) Every owner of the specified dam shall compile all technical documentations concerning hydrology, dam foundation, structural engineering of dam, watershed upstream of dam, and nature or use of land downstream of dam along with information on all resources or facilities of economic, logistic or environmental importance which are likely to be affected due to dam failure.
    (2) Every owner of the specified dam shall furnish all such information to the State Dam Safety Organisation and the Authority as and when required by them.
    (3) Every owner of the specified dam shall equip its organisation with the state-of-the-art information technology tools to store, retrieve, and distribute the data related to the dam safety and dam performance.
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