1. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Betwa River Board Act, 1976.
(2) It shall come into force on such date1
as the Central Government may, after consultation with the
Governments of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2. Declaration as to expediency of control by the Union.—It is hereby declared that it is expedient
in the public interest that the Central Government should take under its control the regulation and
development of the inter-State Betwa River and River Valley to the extent hereinafter provided.
3. Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “Board” means the Betwa River Board established under section 4;
(b) “Chairman” means the Chairman of the Board;
(c) “Executive Committee” means the Executive Committee constituted under section 5;
(d) “member” means a member of the Board and includes the Chairman;
(e) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made by the Central Government under section 22;
(f) “Rajghat Dam” means the Dam described in the Schedule;
(g) 2
[“Rani Laxmibai Sagar”] means the reservoir created by the construction of the Rajghat
Dam;
(h) “regulations” means regulations made by the Board under section 23;
(i) “rules” means rules made by the Central Government under section 22.