Lawgist186Maintenance of water-supply
(1) In every cantonment where a sufficient supply of potable water for domestic use does not exist, the Board shall provide or arrange for the provision of such a supply.
(2) The Board shall, as far as possible, make adequate provision that such supply shall be continuous throughout the year, and that the water shall be at all times fit for human consumption.
(3) It shall be the duty of every Board to practise and propagate the scientific methods of water harvesting including harvesting of rain water for use and make arrangement for recharging the sources of ground water including underground aquifers and to preserve rivers, streams, springs and other natural sources of water within and in the vicinity of the cantonment.
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- 186 Maintenance of water-supply
- 187 Terms of water-supply
- 188 Board to carry out survey and formulate proposals
- 189 Control over sources of public water-supply
- 190 Power to require maintenance or closing of private source of public drinking water-supply
- 191 Supply of water
- 192 Power to require water-supply to be taken
- 193 Supply of water under agreement
- 194 Board not liable for failure of supply
- 195 Conditions of universal application
- 196 Supply to persons outside cantonment
- 197 Penalty
