Which is the first special legislation enacted in India dealing with Water Pollution?
Water (Prevention and Control) Pollution Act 1974 is the first special legislations dealing exclusively with water pollution. Though water comes under state list, it is a central legislation enacted under Article 252(1) of the constitution while exercising power to legislate in the field reserved for the state, where two or more state legislation has given consent to legislate on the subject. All the states have approved to implement the Water Act as enacted in 1974.
