law: Railways Act, 1989
  16. Accommodation works. 
  (1) A railway administration shall make and maintain the
  
  following works for the accommodation of the owners and occupiers of lands
  
  adjoining the railway, namely:- 
  (a) such crossings, bridges, culverts and
  
  passages over, under or by the sides of, or leading to or from, the railway as
  
  may, in the opinion of the State Government, be necessary for the purpose of
  
  making good any interruptions caused by the railway to the use of the lands
  
  through which the railway is made; and
  (b) all necessary bridges, tunnels, culverts,
  
  drains, water sources or other passages, over, under or by the sides of the
  
  railway of such dimensions as will, in the opinion of the State Government be
  
  sufficient at all times to convey water as, freely from or to the lands lying
  
  near or affected by the railway as it was before the making of the railway or
  
  as nearly as possible.
  (2) Subject to the other provisions of this Act, the works
  
  specified in sub-section (1) shall be made at the cost of the railway
  
  administration during or immediately after the laying out or formation of the
  
  railway over the lands traversed and in such a manner as to cause as little
  
  damage or inconvenience as possible to persons interested in the lands or
  
  affected by the works :
  Provided  that- 
  (a) a railway administration shall not be required to make any
  
  accommodation works in such a manner as would prevent or obstruct the working
  
  or using of the railway, or to make any accommodation works will respect to
  
  which the owners or occupiers of the lands have been paid compensation in
  
  consideration of their not requiring the said works to be made;
  (b) save as hereinafter, in this Chapter, provided, no railway
  
  administration shall be liable to execute any further or additional
  
  accommodation works for the use of the owners or occupiers of the lands after
  
  the expiration of ten years from the date on which the railway passing through
  
  the lands was first opened for public traffic;
  (c) where a railway administration has provided suitable
  
  accommodation work for the crossing of a road or stream and the road or stream,
  
  is afterwards diverted by the act or neglect of the person having the control
  
  thereof, the railway administration shall not he compelled to provide any other
  
  accommodation work for the crossing of such road or stream.
  (3) The State Government may specify a date for the commencement
  
  of any work to be executed under sub-section (1) and, if within three months
  
  next after that date, the railway administration fails to commence the work or
  
  having commenced it, fails to proceed diligently to execute it the Central
  
  Government shall, on such failure being brought to its notice by the State
  
  Government issue such directions to the railway administration as it thinks
  
  fit.
  Explanation.-  For the purposes of this section, the
  
  expression "lands" shall include public roads.