RULES - Provision of Rain Water Harvesting Structures in buildings - Amendments to Building Rules - Issued.

Rural Development (C.2) Department

G.O.Ms.No. 84                                                                                         Dated : 22.07.2003

1. Government Order Ms. No. 255, Rural Development (C.2) Department dated 18.7.97.

2. Government Order Ms. No. 121, Rural Development (C.2)Department dated 13.11.2002.

3. Ordinance No.5 of 2003 dated 21.7.2003.

-----

ORDER:

The appended Notifications will be published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette - Extra-ordinary dated the 22^nd July 2003.

(BY ORDER OF THE GOVENROR)

SANTHA SHEELA NAIR

SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT

To

The Director of Stationery and Printing, Chennai-2

The Director of Rural Development, Chennai-15.

The Director of Town and Country Planning, Chennai-2.

The Director of Public Health and Preventive Medicines, Chennai-6.

All Collectors (except Collector of Chennai) (They are requested to communicate the notification to all the Executive Authorities of Local Bodies in their Districts)

All Divisiional Engineers of Highways and Rural Works Department

(Through the Chief Engineer, Highways Department), Chennai-5.

The Chairman, Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority, Chennai-8.

The Housing and Urban Development Department, Chennai-8.

The Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department, Chennai-9.

The Law Department, Chennai-9.

// forwarded : by order //

UNDER SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 242 of the Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, 1994 (Tamil Nadu Act 21 of 1994) the Governor of Tamil Nadu hereby makes the following amendment to the Tamil Nadu Panchayats Building Rules, 1997.

In the said Rules, after rule 4, the following rule shall be inserted, namely:-

"4-A Provision of Rain Water Harvesting Structure - Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules,-

(1) in every building owned or occupied by the Government or a statutory body or a company or an institution owned or controlled by the Government, rain water harvesting structure shall be provided in the manner specified in sub-rule (6) of rule 4, on or before the 10^th October 2003;

(2) (a) subject to clause (1), every owner or occupier of a building shall provide rain water harvesting structure in such building in the manner specified in sub-rule (6) of rule 4, on or before the 31^st August 2003. If the owner or occupier of the building fails to provide the said rain water harvesting structure by the said date, the Executive Authority or any person authorised by him in this behalf may after giving notice to the owner or occupier of the building, cause rain water harvesting structure to be provided in such building and recover the cost of such provision along with the incidental expenses thereof in the same manner as property tax. This however, does not absolve the liability of the owner or occupier of the building from providing the rain water harvesting structure even after the 10^th October 2003.

(b) if the owner or occupier of the building fails to provide rain water harvesting structure on or before the 10^th October 2003, the water supply connection provided to such building shall be disconnected till rain water harvesting structure is provided".