In accordance with this Act the Ministry of Land (MoL) is vested with the overall responsibility of administering and managing the government-owned (khash) land and water bodies. Any other ministry or government agency requiring any land or water bodies for execution of its projects, must obtain it through MoL. As such, MoL has
passed authority to the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock (MoFL) to lease several water bodies in the country as part of its Community-based Fisheries Management Programme. Generally, however, the local government administration manages the land and water bodies at local level