Section 60(3)(E) in The U.P. Gram Sabha, Gram Panchayat and Bhumi Prabandhak Samiti Manual
(E)No Gram Sabha will have right to put any blockade in the natural flow of water m a perennial stream or in any way of migration of aquatic animals, if there is no recognised customs, according to which people of the village are entitled to construct dam across the stream for the purpose of irrigation (e.g. per se right of constructing dam on rivers in the districts of Badaun and Shahajahanpur).