An organisation of the Haryana State Government, the Haryana Pollution Control Board, oversees and puts into effect a number of environmental laws to safeguard the state's citizens' health and safety. The Water Prevention and Control of Pollution Act were followed when the Haryana State Government established the Haryana State Pollution Control Board. Water conservation was the reason it was built at the time. In the state of Haryana, it currently carries out environmental legislation enforcement.