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Irrigation Rules, 2019.

Country/Territory
Myanmar
Document type
Regulation
Date
2019
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water
Keyword
Access-to-justice Basin/catchment/watershed Climate change Data collection/reporting Drainage/land reclamation Enforcement/compliance EIA Erosion Flood Governance Groundwater Irrigation Liability/compensation Livestock water use Monitoring Offences/penalties Procedural matters Risk assessment/management Saltwater intrusion/siltation Surface water Tax/levy Transport/storage Use restrictions Freshwater resources management Water supply Water users' associations Waterworks Inland waters
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, Least Developed Countries, South-Eastern Asia
Abstract

These Rules are framed in the exercise of the power conferred under subsection (a) of section 56 of the Irrigation Law. They contain eleven chapters: I. Title and Definitions; II. Construction of Irrigation Facilities; III. Maintenance of Irrigation Facilities; IV. Water Consumption from Irrigation; V. Interruption of Water Supply; VI. Rights and Duties of Irrigation Water Users; VII. Village Irrigation and Drainage Works; VIII. Declaring as a Drainage Canal, Removing Obstacles and Compensation; IX. Measures to be taken for prevention of natural disaster; X. Emergency Services for Irrigation and Drainage Canal and XI. Miscellaneous.

Full text
English/Burmese
Website
www.moali.gov.mm

References - Legislation

Implements

Irrigation Law (No. 27 of 2017).

Legislation | Myanmar | 2017

Keyword: Agricultural development, Agricultural land, Expropriation, Freshwater resources management, Waterworks, Irrigation, Livestock water use, Hazards, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Offences/penalties

Source: FAO, FAOLEX