Bill declares Barak River stretch a National Waterway under Union control
This Bill declares the Lakhipur-Bhanga stretch of the Barak River in Assam as a National Waterway. It places the regulation and development of this stretch under the control of the Union Government to facilitate shipping and navigation.
The Union Government (Central Government) and the Inland Waterways Authority of India, which will take control of the regulation and development of the waterway.
- Declares the Lakhipur-Bhanga Stretch of the Barak River as a National Waterway.
- Specifies the geographical limits of the waterway from Lakhipur ferry ghat to a point two hundred meters east of the bifurcation at Bhanga.
- Declares it expedient in the public interest for the Union to control the regulation and development of the stretch for shipping and navigation.
- Links the control and development to the provisions of the Inland Waterways Authority of India Act, 1985.
Written from the document by AI, and checked against it. The original below is authoritative.
Where this law is now — Lapsed
The original document
Bill passed rs
2013-08-14
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Document details
| Official title | THE NATIONAL WATERWAY (LAKHIPUR-BHANGA STRETCH OF THE BARAK RIVER) BILL, 2013 |
| Source body | Parliament of India — Bills (Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha) |
| Reference number | XXIII |
| Status | closed (bill) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Closing date | — |
| Documents | 2 |