Section 12 in The Goa Command Area Development Act, 1997
12. Duties of Water Distribution Co-operative Societies.
- The following shall be the duties of the Water Distribution Co-operative Societies, namely:-(i)Establishment and updating register of members;(ii)Preparation of Cropping Plan in consultation with Agriculture Officials of C.A.D.A. at the beginning of "irrigation" season;(iii)Receiving water in bulk on volumetric basis or area-crop basis from C.A.D.A.;(iv)Payment of water fees to Command Area Development Board;(v)Delivering water to the registered members;(vi)Arranging supply of water to non-members at differential rate;(vii)Taking the execution of works of water courses and field channels of capacity not exceeding 0.042 cumec. discharge or 42 litres per second. Implementation of warabandhi. Agriculture demonstration and maintenance of accounts and submission of accounts to Command Area Development Boards regularly;(viii)Operation and maintenance of the infrastructure transferred to them;(ix)Maintenance of water accounts;(x)Recovering of water rates from the farmers in its jurisdiction;(xi)Educating of farmers in applying new technology.
