AREA WATER BOARDS
28. Establishment
Government may constitute AWBs, together with their respective territorial jurisdiction, provided that the AWBs existing immediately before the commencement of this Ordinance shall continue to function until replaced by new AWBs under this Ordinance.
29. Legal status of an AWB -
1) An AWB :
a. shall be a body corporate, having perpetual succession and a common seal and shall by the same name, sue and be sued;
b. shall have power to lease, acquire, hold and dispose of property save that it shall not hold or dispose of land belonging to Government and such land shall be held in Trust for Government;
c. shall exercise independent judgment in the conduct of its own business;
2) The appointment decision shall contain -
a) the appointment of an acting director, until a director has been appointed by the AWB Board; and
b) the base of the AWB.
30. Composition of the AWB Board –
1) The AWB Board shall comprise -
Members nominated :
a. one representative of the SIDA, appointed by the SIDA – Member;
b. one prominent and relevant agriculturist, nominated by a local Chamber of Agriculture situated within the command area of the AWB, provided that. where there are more than one Chamber of Agriculture within an AWB command area, the Chamber which has the largest geographical coverage within the command area of the AWB shall provide the member – Member;
Elected Members:
c. one Member to be elected from among the small farmers being supplied with water by FO situated within the command area of the AWB concerned – Member;
d. one Member to be elected from among the tail enders being supplied with water by FOs situated within the command area of the AWB concerned – Member;
e. in addition, two Members to be elected from among the FOs situated within the command area of the AWB concerned – Members;
Members co-opted by the elected and nominated members:
f. one independent academic with specialist background in irrigation or another related field – Member;
g. one prominent and relevant industrialist preferably a member of the Chamber of Commerce operating within the command area – Member;
h. one independent academic with a specialist background in the environment – Member;
i. one independent academic with a specialist background in social mobilisation issues – Member;
Ex Officio :
j. the Naib Nazim or his nominee of the Zila which has the largest area within the jurisdiction of the AWB concerned provided that no Naib Nazim or his nominee shall be a Member of more than one AWB. – Member; and
