The East Kolkata Wetlands ( Conservation And Management ) Act, 2006
Preamble
Registered No. WB/SC-247 No. WB(Part-III)/2006/SAR-4 The kolkata Gazette Extraordinary Published by Authority CAITRA 10] FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 2006 [SAKA 1928 PART III-Acts of the West Bengal Legislature. GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL LAW DEPARTMENT Legislative NOTIFICATION No. 404-L .- 31st March, 2006 .- The following Act of the West Bengal Legislature, having been assented to by the Governor, is hereby published for general information :-- West Bengal Act VII of 2006 THE EAST KOLKATA WETLANDS (CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT) ACT, 2006. (Passed by the West Bengal Legislature.) [Assent of the Governor was first published in the Kolkata Gazette, Extraordinary, of the 31st March, 2006.] An Act to provide for conservation and management of the East Kolkata wetlands and for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto. WHEREAS the wetlands act as regulator of water regime, source for underground water recharging, mechanism for waste water treatment, air quality purifier and store of water for fire-fighting and have great ecological significance for human life; AND WHEREAS there is an increasing pressure on land for human settlement leading to filling up of the wetlands; AND WHEREAS the East Kolkata wetlands are ecologically and socio-economically very important; AND WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for conservation and management of the East Kolkata wetlands and for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto; A Bengals (Sections 1-3.) It is hereby enacted in the Fifty-seventh Year of the Republic of India, by the Legislature of West Bengal, as follows :-
Sections
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