Karnataka Irrigation Act, 1965 (Karnataka Act No. 16 of 1965). Country/Territory India Territorial subdivision Karnataka Document type Legislation Date 1965 (2010) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to make provisions relating to the construction, maintenance and regulation of irrigation works, the supply of water therefrom, obtaining labour in emergencies and certain other matters pertaining to irrigation in the State of Karnataka. Subject Water Keyword Basic legislation Irrigation Waterworks Water rights Water supply Drainage/land reclamation Monitoring Inspection Water abstraction Water users' associations Institution Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia Abstract This Act, consisting of 72 sections divided into ten Chapters, provides for the construction, maintenance and regulation of irrigation works, the supply of water therefrom, obtaining labour in emergencies and certain other matters pertaining to irrigation in the State of Karnataka. In particular, it specifies that no person shall construct, control or maintain wholly or partly any reservoir, tank, anicut, bandhara, pond, spring pond, canal, field channel, talaparige, channel or aquaduct except with the previous sanction of the State Government or such other authority as may be authorized by the State Government. In addition, it establishes that the competent Irrigation Officer may enter upon any land, building or field-channel, for the purpose of inspecting or regulating the use of water supplied or of measuring the land, irrigated thereby or chargeable with a water rate, and of doing all things necessary for the proper regulation, maintenance and management of the irrigation work from which such water is supplied. Full text English Website dpal.kar.nic.in