(1) This Act may be called the Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation Act, 1997. (2) It shall extend to the area of the Godavari and Tapi Rivers Valley in Vidarbha region of the State of Maharashtra, specified in the Schedule and such other area or areas, as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify. (3) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 12th March 1997.
<span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>1</i>) This Act may be called the Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation Act, 1997.<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>2</i>) It shall extend to the area of the Godavari and Tapi Rivers Valley in Vidarbha region of the State of Maharashtra, specified in the Schedule and such other area or areas, as the State Government may, by notification in the <i>Official Gazette</i>, specify.<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>3</i>) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 12<sup>th</sup> March 1997.<br>