State Act

The Arunachal Pradesh Flood Plain Zoning Act, 2025

2. Definitions : In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires : (a) “Flood Plain” means and includes water channel, flood channel and that area of nearby lowland and which is susceptible to flood by inundation ; (b) “Flood Plain Zoning” means restricting any human activity in the flood plains of a river where the plains are created by over flow of water from the channels of rivers and streams ; (c) “Flood Zone” means the area which is required to carry the flow of the maximum probable floods ; (d) “Flood Zoning Authority” in relation to this Act, means the authority appointed by the State Government under section 3 ; (e) “Land” means and includes interest in lands, benefits arising out of lands and things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth; (f) “Occupier” in respect of any land, means any person who has an interest in the land and cultivates the land himself or by his servants or by hired labour and includes a tenant ; (g) “Owner” in relation to any land includes any person having interest in such land ; (h) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made by the State Government under this Act ; (i) “river” means and includes its tributaries ; (j) “Water Channel” means the channel in which the flow of a river is generally confined.