Any user desiring to sink a well for any purpose, excepting tubewell fitted with hand-pump or a well from which extraction or use made without the help of any mechanical or electrical device, shall make an application.
Irrigation & Waterways Department, West Bengal
Development and regulation of the State’s inland water resources (mainly surface) with the object of preventing and controlling floods and water logging.
West Bengal Ground Water Resources (Management, Control and Regulation) Act, 2005
An Act to manage, control and regulate indiscriminate extraction of ground water in West Bengal and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
West Bengal Irrigation (Imposition of Water Rate) Act, 1974
An Act to provide for the imposition of water rate in areas where water supplied from irrigation works executed, maintained or controlled by the State Government is available for irrigation and for certain matters ancillary thereto and connected therewith.
West Bengal Irrigation (Imposition of Water Rate) Act, 1958
An Act to provide for the imposition of a water rate in areas in Bengal where water supplied by the DVC is available for irrigation and certain matters ancillary thereto and connected therewith.