REFUSAL TO COMPLY WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS TO ENSURE DAM SAFETY IS A PUNISHABLE OFFENCE UNDER ACT

The Dam safety Act -2021 deals with the Engineering , construction, operation, surveillance, and the maintenance of the safety of dams in the country.The essential elements of the Act are an overarching National Committee on the dam safety to be headed by the Chairman,central water Commission ,to evolve dam safety policies and recommend necessary regulations for the purpose; National dam safety authority as the regulatory body to implement the policies, guidelines and standard evolved in this behalf of the Committee.The state Committee is responsible in the case of state dam safety measures of functioning required to maintain the quality performance of the routine inspections and to classify dams as per vulnerability and the past maintenance records.The authority for dam safety Organisation should perform the role of inter state conflicts in case of any territorial disputes .