Section 21 in The Orissa Private Ferries Rules, 1954
21.
The proprietor shall provide for life saving arrangement during the heavy floods (when the water level is more than 18 ft.) by keeping as many bundles of piths or life buoys equal to the number of passengers to be carried over according to the capacity of the boat as certified by the Tahsildar of the Revenue Department. Each pith bundle or life buoy shall be of the same size as can conveniently keep an adult afloat and this shall be certified by the Tahsildar of the Revenue Department.
