This draft by Himachal Pradesh’s, Irrigation and Public Health Department, is an act, which aims to establish a water regulatory authority in order to regulate water resources within the State. Further it also aims in the following: facilitate and ensure judicious, equitable and sustainable management, allocation and optimal utilization of water resources for environmentally, economically sustainable development of the State, fix the rates for water use for agriculture, industrial, drinking, power and other purposes and cess on lands benefited by flood protection and drainage works from the owners of lands benefited through appropriate regulatory instruments.

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