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No. 204 Poudouchéry Mardi 5 Novembre 2019 (14 Kartika 1941)
No. Puducherry Tuesday 5th November 2019
GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR-CUM-DISTRICT MAGISTRATE
P UDUC H E RRY
No. 2910/DM/D2/2019.
Puducherry, dated 30th October 2019.
Present : Dr. T. ARUN, I.A.S.,
District Magistrate, Puducherry.
M.C. No. 32/2019
ORDER
(UNDER SECTION 133 OF Cr.P.C.)
Whereas, numerous borewells have been erected in Puducherry in the past for various purposes including agriculture and drinking water. Among which many are reported to have been unused, unattended or abandoned;
LA GAZETTE DE L'ETAT [ PART-I 2384 2384And whereas, many incidents have been reported in adjacent State of Tamil Nadu and other places, wherein, small children have fallen and trapped into the borewells/tube wells and lost their lives in spite of serious efforts taken by the Administration to recover them from the borewells;
And whereas, the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India has also issued directions vide orders in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 36 of 2009, dated. 17-02-2010, to all the States and Union Territories on the safety measures/guidelines to be observed in order to prevent such incidents followed by which the Ministry of Water Resource, Government of India, has also issued instructions in this regard to take safety norms;
And whereas, it has been brought to the knowledge of the undersigned that many borewells in Puducherry are also abandoned/unused/unattended. These structures over a period of time also pose as a serious threat to the lives of the small children, general public and livestock passing by;
Therefore, I, Dr. T. Arun, I.A.S., in exercise of the powers conferred under section 133 of Cr.P.C, I hereby direct the authorities who own/have under their control any abandoned/unused/any kind of borewells to take following safety measures immediately in order to prevent any mishap henceforth, by
(a) Construction of cement/concrete platform above the ground level around the well casing, measuring 0.50 x 0.50 x 0.6m (0.3m above ground level and 0.3m below ground level) around the well casing.
(b) Capping of well assembly by welding steel plate.
(c) Erecting a barbed wire/chain link fence of 3 x 3m around the well.
(d) Filling up of abandoned borewells by boulders/pebbles.
Further, show cause why this order should not be made absolute on or before 04th November 2019 in the chamber of the undersigned.
Dr. T. ARUN, I.A.S.,
District Magistrate.