Government of Andhra Pradesh (GoAP)

This document provides the details of the Andhra Pradesh infrastructure development enabling act, which extends to the whole of the State of Andhra Pradesh. It includes the following information:

• Short title, extent, application and commencement of the Act
• Definition of the terms in the Act
• Details of the establishment, conduct of business and employees of the infrastructure authority
• Infrastructure project delivery process
• Details of the generic risks disclosure and allocation, securitisation, right of lenders and facilities to be provided by the government agency or the local authority
• Establishment of the conciliation board
• Details of the conciliation proceedings
• Details of the establishment of the infrastructure projects fund

These guidelines drafted by Department of Rural Development (Andhra Pradesh) are conceptualized in the broad framework of the Hariyali guidelines and the experiences from Andhra Pradesh Rural Livelihoods Programme (APRLP), and are intended to strengthen the processes, and provide clarity and purposefulness in implementation of watershed development projects in Andhra Pradesh. They have been formulated on the basis of several process studies undertaken as well as through wide-ranging consultations with all stakeholders and experts.

The Andhra Pradesh Water, Land and Trees Act, 2002 repealed the APWALTA Ordinance as well as the AP Ground Water (Regulation for Drinking Water Purposes) Act, 1996. Under this Act an Authority has been constituted at the State, District and Mandal level and administrators for the same were to be appointed.

The modalities for the same appointment of the administrator, terms of office of the nominated members, resignation, removal from authority, allowances, constitution of the District and Mandal authority, meetings of the State, District and Mandal authorities have been worked out.

This act was legislated in 1997 to create the Andhra Pradesh Water Resources Development Corporation for promotion and operation of irrigation projects, command area development and schemes for drinking water and industrial water supply to harness the water of rivers of the state of Andhra Pradesh and for related matters including flood control. 

This deals with the Andhra Pradesh water land and trees act, an act to promote water conservation, and tree cover and to regulate the exploitation and use of ground and surface water for protection and conservation of water sources, land and environment.