Notification to be published in the Gazette of India

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-11082026-275363 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 4249] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 2026/SHRAVAN 19, 1948 MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI (Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 7th August, 2026 S.O. 4427(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (2) and (3) of section 3 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986), the Central Government hereby makes the following order further to amend the River Ganga (Rejuvenation, Protection and Management) Authorities Order, 2016, namely: - 1. (1) This Order may be called the River Ganga (Rejuvenation, Protection and Management) Authorities (Second Amendment) Order, 2026. (2) It shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the River Ganga (Rejuvenation, Protection and Management) Authorities Order, 2016- (1) in paragraph 3, in sub-paragraph (1), - (i) after clause (a), the following clause shall be inserted, namely “(aa) “active flood plain" means such area of River Ganga or its tributaries which comes under water due to floods corresponding to a one in five-year return period;"; (ii) for clause (1), the following clause shall be substituted, namely: - “ (l) 'flood plain” means such area of River Ganga or its tributaries which comes under water on either side of it due to floods corresponding to its greatest flow or with a flood of frequency once in hundred years and includes active flood plain, regulatory zone (area of flood plain covered by floods between one in five-year return period and one in twenty five-year return period) and warning zone (area covered by floods between the one in twenty five-year return period and one in one hundred-year return period),”; (2) in paragraph 4, for clause (ix), the following clause shall be substituted, namely: - “(ix) the bank of River Ganga or its tributaries and their flood plains shall be maintained to reduce pollution sources, pressures and to preserve their natural ground water recharge functions through necessary measures;" [F. No. L-25012(11)/22/2024-LME NMCG] RASHI SHARMA, Executive Director (Administration) Note- The principal order was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide notification number S.O. 3187(E), dated the 7th October, 2016, and last amended vide notification number S.O. 2337 (E), dated the 7th May, 2026.