GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR-CUM-DISTRICT MAGISTRATE

PUDUCHERRY

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;

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And 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.

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