Lake Governance in India and Karnataka

Lake Governance in India & Karnataka

UPDATED DATE: 14 OCT 2023

The Centre for Environmental Law, Education, Research and Advocacy (CEERA) was established in 1997 at National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru.

In one of the pollution law training sessions conducted by CEERA, Paani.Earth had expressed the need for a document that covers all the legislation related to lake governance. The director of CEERA was kind enough to consider our request and produce the report ‘Citizen’s Right In Protection of Lakes’- June 2023

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The report provides crisp summaries of lake-related legislation in India and Karnataka state between 1950 and 2020. Some of the legislation covered:

Indian Penal Code, 1860
Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974
Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Cess Act, 1977
Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
Environment (Protection) Act, 1986
National Wetland Conservation Programme,1986,
Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules, 2010
National Water Policy
National Water Mission
Urban and Regional Development Plans Formulation and Implementation Guidelines, 2014,
The Nagarapalike Act, also known as the Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964
Karnataka Tank Conservation and Development Authority Act
Environmental Impact Assessment Guidelines 2006
Role of the judiciary and some landmark judgements