1. Short title and commencement.
(1)
This Act may be called the National Waterway (Allahabad-Haldia Stretch of the Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly River) Act, 1982.
(2)
It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
W.e.f 27-10-1986: Vide Notifn. No. Section 0 768 (E), dt. 27-10-1986.
2. Declaration of a certain stretch of Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly river to be national waterway.
The Allahabad-Haldia Stretch of the Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly river, the limits of which are specified in the Schedule, is hereby declared to be a national waterway.
3. Declaration as to expediency of control by the Union of Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly river for certain purposes.
It is hereby declared that it is expedient in the public interest that the [Union] [Substituted for "Central Government" by Act 82 of 1985 Section 38 (w.e.f. 27-10-1986)] should take under its control the regulation and development of Ganga-Bhagi-rathi-Hooghly river for purposes of shipping and navigation on the national waterway [to the extend provided in the Inland Waterways Authority of India Act, 1985.] [Substituted by Act 82 off 1985, Section 38 (w.e.f. 27-10-1986) ]
[* * *] [ Sections 4 to 15 omitted by Act 82 of 1985, Section 38 (w.e.f. 27-10-1986).]