The River Boards Act,1956
Section 13. Matters in respect of which a Board may be authorised to tender advice
A Board may be empowered under sub-section (1) of section 14 to perform all or any of the following functions, namely:
(a) Advising the Governments interested on any matter concerning the regulation or development of any specified inter-State river o river valley within its area of operation and in particulars, advising them in relation to the co-ordination of their activities with a view to resolve conflicts among them and to achieve maximum results in respect of the measures under taken by them in the inter-State river or river valley for the purpose of
(i) Conservation, control and optimum utilisation of water resources of the inter-State river;
(ii) Promotion and operation of schemes for irrigation, water supply or drainage;
(iii) Promotion and operation of schemes for the development of hydro-electric power;
(iv) Promotion and operation of schemes for flood control;
(v) Promotion and control of navigation;
(vi) Promotion of afforestation and control of soil erosion;
(vii) Prevention of pollution of the waters of the inter-State river;
(viii) Such other matters as may be prescribed;
(b) Preparing schemes, including multi-purpose schemes, for the purpose of regulating or developing the inter-State river or river valley and advising the Governments interested to undertake measures for executing the scheme prepared by the Board;
(c) Allocating among the Governments interested the costs of executing any scheme prepared by the Board and of maintaining any works undertaken in the execution of the scheme;
(d) Watching the progress of the measures undertaken by the Governments interested;
(e) Any other matter which is supplemental, incidental or consequential to any of the above functions.
