Section 12(5) in The Kerala Protection of River Banks and Regulation of Removal of Sand Act, 2001
(5)[ No sand removal operation shall be carried out within a distance of 500 metres from any bridge or any irrigation project or pumping station of water supply projects or check dams or from their retaining wall or the venue of any religious or cultural activities conducted on river bank or the sand bank in river or in part of the river.Explanation. - For the purpose of this sub-section the expression "water supply project" shall have the same meaning as assigned in the Kerala Irrigation and Water Conservation Act, 2003 (31 of 2003)] [Substituted by Act No. 15 of 2013, dated 7.3.2013].
