Uttarakhand Flood Plain Zoning Act, 2012 (Uttarakhand Act No. 07 of 2013).

This Act provides for the zoning of flood plains of rivers in the State of Uttarakhand.
The State Government may declare that flood plain zoning shall be made in the manner specified in the Act. The State Government may direct that a survey be made of a river for the purpose of determining the limits within which the provisions of this Act are to be applied and that proper charts and registers be prepared specifying all boundaries and landmarks and any other matter necessary for the purpose of ascertaining such limits. The State Government may appoint the Collector of the District or such other authority as the Government considers necessary, as the Flood Zoning Authority for the purposes of making a survey of the area as required.
The Act further makes provisions, inter alia, for: surveys and delineation of flood plain area, notification of limits of flood plains, prohibition or restriction of the use of the flood plains, compensation.