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भारत का राजपत्र The Gazette ofIndia
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नई दिल्ली, मंगलवार, नवम्बर 18 , 2008/ कार्तिक 27 , 1930
सं॰ 32] No. 32] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18 , 2008/ KARTIKA 27, 1930
इस भाग में भिन्न पृष्ठ संख्या दी जाती है जिससे कि यह अलग संकलन के रूप में रखा जा सके । Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation .
MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE
(Legislative Department)
New Delhi, the 18th November, 2008/Kartika 27, 1930 (Saka)
The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 17th November, 2008 , and is hereby published for general information:-
THE NATIONAL WATERWAY ( TALCHER - DHAMRA STRETCH OF RIVERS , GEONKHALI - CHARBATIA STRETCH OF EAST COAST CANAL, CHARBATIA -DHAMRA STRETCH OF MATAI RIVER AND MAHANADI DELTA RIVERS) ACT, 2008
(No. 23 OF 2008)
[17th November, 2008. ]
AnAct to provide for the declaration ofthe Talcher- Dhamra stretch ofBrahmani- Kharsua- Dhamra rivers, Geonkhali - Charbatia stretch of East Coast Canal, Charbatia- Dhamra stretch of Matai river and Mahanadi delta rivers betweenMangalgadi 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 ofshipping and navigation on the said waterway andfor matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty- ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows :-
Short title and commencement.
1. ( 1) This Act may be called the National Waterway (Talcher -Dhamra Stretch of Rivers, Geonkhali- Charbatia Stretch ofEast Coast Canal , Charbatia- Dhamra Stretch ofMatai River and Mahanadi Delta Rivers ) Act, 2008 .
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(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may , by notification inthe Official Gazette, appoint.
2. The Talcher- Dhamra 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 ofwhich are specified in the Schedule, is hereby declared to be a National Waterway.
Declaration of certain stretches of rivers and canals asNational Waterway.
82 of 1985 .
3. It is hereby declared that it is expedient in the public interest that the Union should take under its control the regulation and development ofTalcher- Dhamra 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 for the purposes of shipping and navigation on the national waterway to the extent provided in the Inland Waterways Authority of India Act , 1985.
Declaration as to expediency of control by the Union of certain stretches of rivers and canals for certain purposes.
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THE SCHEDULE
(See section 2)
LIMITS OF THE NATIONAL WATERWAY (TALCHER- DHAMRA STRETCH OF BRAHMANI - KHARSUA- DHAMRA RIVERS , GEONKHALI -CHARBATIA STRETCH OF EAST COAST CANAL, CHARBATIA DHAMRA STRETCH OF MATAI RIVER AND MAHANADI DELTA RIVERS)
East Coast Canal and Malai river
(Consisting of old Hijli tidal canal, Orissa coast canal and Matai river)
Northern limit
Confluence point ofHooghly river and Hijli tidal canal at Geonkhali at Lat 22° 12' 20 " N, Lon 88 ° 03'07 " Ε .
Southern limit
Confluence of Matai river and Dhamra river near Dhamra Fishing harbour at Lat 20 ° 47 ' 42 " N, Lon 86° 53'03 " E.
Brahmani -Kharsua-Dhamra river system
(Consisting ofBrahmani -Kharsua- Dhamra rivers)
North- Western limit Samal barrage across river Brahmani , Talcher at Lat 21 ° 04'26 " N , Lon 85 ° 08'05 " Ε.
South-Eastern limit An imaginary line drawn across Dhamra river at East Point of Kalibhanj Dian Reserved Forest near Chandnipal at Lat 20 ° 46' 26 " N, Lon 86° 57' 15 " E.
Mahanadi delta rivers
(Consisting ofHansua river, Nuna nala, Gobri nala, Kharnasi river and Mahanadi river ) (Alternate route-Hansua river enters into Bay of Bengal through northern point of False point bay, then enters river Kharnasi at southern end of False point bay, river Atharabanko , a northernly distributory of river Mahanadi)
Northern limit
Confluence ofKharsua river with Brahmani river at Ramchandrapur at Lat 20 ° 36 ' 55 " N , Lon 86 ° 45'05 " Ε .
Southern limit
An imaginary line in continuation to the Northern break water structure across the entrance channel at Paradip Port at Lat 20 ° 15' 38 " N , Lon 86 ° 40' 55 " E.
T. K. VISWANATHAN , Secy. to theGovt. ofIndia.
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