Notification of the Ministry of Irrigation and Power constituting the Tungabhadra Board.

This Notification provides for the establishment of the Tungabhadra Board. In pursuance of sub-section (4) of section 66 of the Andhra State Act, 1953 (No. 30 of 1953), the President give the following directions in regard to the Tungabhadra Board. It establishes composition, duties and responsibilities of the above mentioned Board, which shall take charge of all matters relating to works on or connected with the Tungabhadra Project common to both the States of Andhra and Mysore. In particular, the Board is entitled to perform the following activities: a) complete the construction of the sanctioned Tungabhadra Project; b) regulate supplies of water and Power in accordance with these rules; c) maintain the main canal and of other works common to both States of Andhra and Mysore; d) maintain the dam and reservoir of the Project; e) grant leases of fisheries in the reservoir and in the main canal; f) proper use of land acquired for the purposes of the Project; and g) any other matter connected with the functions specified.