Dam Safety Act 2021 provides for four tiers of institutional mechanism :
Establishment of National Committee on Dam Safety (NCDS) and National Dam Safety Authority (NDSA) at Centre level and
Establishment of State Committee on Dam Safety and the State Dam Safety Organization at State level.
After enactment of the Dam Safety Act, Central Government has constituted the NCDS to evolve dam safety policies and recommend necessary regulations as may be required. Central Government has also established the National Dam Safety Authority to function as a regulatory authority to implement the policy, guidelines and standards evolved by the NCDS for proper surveillance, inspection and maintenance of specified dams. Similarly, at the State/UT level, all the States (28) and Union Territories (3) owning the specified dams have established the State/UT Dam Safety Committees & Organisations.
