Permissions to be taken to dig a Borewell

Documents the process for obtaining permission to dig a borewell

1. THE KARNATAKA GROUND WATER (REGULATION AND CONTROL OF DEVELOPMENT AND
MANAGEMENT) ACT, 2011 and Rules, 2012

➢ Application for digging borewells in Notified Areas under Section 11 of the Act

● In Bangalore, following are the notified areas/regions.
Bangalore Rural Devanahalli
Doddaballapur
Hoskote
Nelmangala
Bangalore Urban Anekal
Bangalore East
Bangalore North
Bangalore South

● Step 1- Know the Form and supporting documents
❖ For Individual Owner
Purpose for
extracting
groundwater
Form number Order Type Supporting
documents
required
Processing Fee
Drinking water Form-1A

Application

Domestic User
documents**
50 Rs
Agricultural Use Form-1A

Application

Land Records ## 50 Rs

** Khata Certificate and Survey Number of that property, Address Proof, Ownership of Property
including Tax paid receipts issued by the local Authority or Record of Right(RTC maintained under
the Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964) pertaining to the property.
## Record of Right (RTC maintained under the Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964) pertaining to
ownership of that land.
● Step 2 – Get the form and fill in details
Download the form from this link
http://khanija.kar.ncode.in/SiteAssets/SitePages/GroundWaterInfo/APPLICATION%20FOR%20DRILLI
NG%20BORE%20WELL%20FOR%20AGRICULTURE%20AND%20DRINIKING%20WATER%20USE.pdf

2. ● Step 3 – Send it to the concerned Authority
After filling with details, send the form to Zonal Officer/Divisional Officer, BWSSB
https://bwssb.gov.in/content/officers-0
● Step 4 – The decision regarding grant or refusal of the permit shall be intimated by the
Authority to the applicant within a period of sixty days from the date of receipt of the
application. The decision is subject to the pre-conditions laid out (can be seen below)
After application is sent to the Authority, the response from the Authority would be the following.
Purpose for extracting
groundwater
Form number Status
Drinking water and
Agricultural Use
Form-2A Permission granted
Form-2B Application rejected

● Step 5 – If permission is granted then contact the registered drilling Agency to dig borewell
according to the conditions mentioned below.
● Step 6 – Individual owner is required to install water measuring device (ISI specification
device) and furnish the information about the total quantity of groundwater extraction every
month to the Authority.
Pre-conditions laid for grant of permit for withdrawal of groundwater for individual household.
● Only one tube-well is allowed to meet drinking and domestic purposes use only.
● No tube-well/bore-well will be constructed, if any working tube-well exists. If the existing
tube-well is non-functional/to be replaced, then it should into a recharge well, if possible or
possibly sealed and no water be pumped from it.
● The persons intending to construct a new tube-well will intimate the Authorising
officer/committee, 10 days in advance along with the drilling agency’s name and address.
● Maximum diameter of the tube-well should be restricted to 152 mm only and the capacity of
the pump should not exceed 2HP.
● Concurrent with the construction of the tube-well, the owner shall undertake the
installation of Rainwater harvesting in the premises.
● Details of the drilling like the rock formation encountered, the depth and diameter of the
constructed bore-well, types of pipes used, yield of the bore-well and groundwater quality
shall be kept for record and are to be provided at the time of inspection.
● Spacing of 500 mtrs should be maintained from the existing public source of drinking water
as per section 3 of the Groundwater act of 1999.

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