minutes of the seventeenth (17th interlinking of rivers...

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Minutes of the Seventeenth (17th

) Meeting of Special Committee for

Interlinking of Rivers (ILR) held under the Chairmanship of Shri Rattan

Lal Kataria, Hon’ble Minister of State for Jal Shakti on 26.02.2020 at New

Delhi.

The Seventeenth (17th

) meeting of the Special Committee for Interlinking of

Rivers (SCILR) was held on 26.02.2020 at New Delhi under Chairmanship of

Shri Rattan Lal Kataria, Hon’ble Minister of State for Jal Shakti. The list of

members and other officers who attended the meeting is at Annex-I

Shri U P Singh, Secretary, DoWR,RD&GR, Ministry of Jal Shakti welcomed

Shri Rattan Lal Kataria, Hon’ble Minister of State for Jal Shakti, and Members/

representatives from various Central Government and State Government

Organisations who attended the meeting. He indicated that Special Committee

for ILR has been constituted on the direction of the Hon’ble Supreme Court to

expedite the process of interlinking of Rivers projects and solicited meaningful

deliberations among the participants. He then requested Hon’ble Minister of

State for Jal Shakti and Chairman of the Meeting for his opening remarks.

The Hon’ble Minister of State for Jal Shakti, extended warm welcome to all

Members and participants from various Central Government and State

Government Organisations and other Participants present in meeting of the

Special Committee for Interlinking of Rivers.

Hon’ble Minister of State for Jal Shakti mentioned that the Interlinking of River

as per National Perspective Plan was the dream project of our Late Prime

Minister, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The main aim of this programme is to

transfer water from surplus River Basins to deficit River basins for Irrigation,

Drinking, Power generation, Flood control and addressing water requirement of

Drought prone area.

The Hon’ble Minister of State for Jal Shakti further mentioned that the Inter-

state River linking projects are facing many challenges. Water sharing among

the States, International issues of Himalayan components, Rehabilitation and

Resettlement of project affected families and their Socio-economic reservations

etc are the issues to be addressed for making Interlinking project a reality. In the

leadership of Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Hon’ble Union Minister of Jal

Shakti, National Water Development Agency and Ministry of Jal Shakti making

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their best efforts for implementation of Interlinking Projects particularly four

priority Interstate link projects. The DPRs of Ken-Betwa, Damanganga-Pinjal

and Par-Tapi-Narmada and Draft DPR of Godavari-Cauvery have been

completed. DPRs of four Intrastate links have also been completed and

preparation of DPRs of two intrastate links of Maharashtra State are in progress.

Hon’ble Minister further indicated that Water is the most vital subject for all of

us. Catering water requirement for drinking, Irrigation, Industry and other needs

for the increasing population is the main challenges we are facing today.

Cooperation of all stakeholders is necessary for implementation of Interlinking

of River projects and it is our responsibility to make these projects a reality. He

appealed all the stakeholders to come forward to complete ILR projects in

National interest and for the water security of the country.

Concluding his opening address, the Hon’ble Minister of State indicated that

implementation of first ILR project i.e Ken-Betwa Link may become a reality

soon with the cooperation and support of concerned States and other Institutions.

He once again welcomed all participants for active participation and fruitful

discussions in the meeting.

Shri U P Singh, Secretary, DoWR,RD&GR, Ministry of Jal Shakti indicated that

inspite of discussions on concept of Inter linking of Rivers since long time,

desired progress towards implementation of ILR projects could not achieved.

Implementation of such big water resources infrastructure projects normally take

long time. Many Water Resources Projects in the country took decades to

become reality. The main bottleneck in the implementation of ILR projects is to

reach to the consensus on water sharing amongst the concerned States. The

States having surplus water are not agreeable to the availability of surplus water.

The issue of funding is yet another bottleneck as most of the states are insisting

for 90 (Centre) : 10 (State) funding for ILR projects. Some of the existing

Tribunal Awards for various river basins are also hurdle to ILR programme as

these awards disallow transfer of water outside its basin boundary. Certain

States are unable to utilize its allocated share of water due to Topographical

constraints. He then introduced Shri Bhopal Singh, Director General NWDA

and also the Member Secretary of the Special Committee for ILR who has

recently assumed the charge and requested for taking up agenda items.

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The Director General NWDA welcomed Hon’ble Minister of State for Jal Shakti

and Chairman of the meeting; Secretary, DoWR, RD & GR, Ministry of Jal

Shakti; Members; Special Invitees, experts and other participants of the meeting

and took up agenda items for discussion.

Item No.17.1: Confirmation of the minutes of the 16th

meeting of the Special

Committee for Interlinking of Rivers held on 21.08.2019 at

New Delhi

The Director General, NWDA informed that the minutes of the 16th meeting of

Special Committee for Interlinking of Rivers (SCILR) held on 21st August, 2019

at New Delhi were circulated to all the members vide letter dated 15.10.2019.

Government of Tamil Nadu has sent their comments vide letter dated

03.02.2020 and the same were clarified by NWDA.

Since no other comments have been received, the minutes as circulated were

confirmed taking note of comments of Government of Tamil Nadu (Annex-

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Item No.17.2: Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) in progress

1. Cauvery (Kattalai) – Vaigai – Gundar link (IBWT)

The Director General, NWDA informed that the preparation of DPR of Cauvery

(Kattalai) – Vaigai – Gundar link is in progress. He indicated that Under the

Peninsular Component of National Perspective Plan, Mahanadi-Godavari-

Krishna-Pennar-Cauvery-Vaigai-Gundar linking scheme has been identified as

the Nine link system. Cauvery (Kattalai)-Vaigai-Gundar link project is the last

leg of the Nine link system. The Draft DPR for Cauvery (Kattalai)-Vaigai-

Gundar link will be completed by March, 2020.

2. Bedti - Varada link (IBWT)

The Director General, NWDA informed that NWDA initiated preparation of

DPR of Bedti-Varada link as per the request and alternate proposed by

Government of Karnataka and the same will be completed by March 2021.

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3. Damanganga (Ekdare) – Godavari link (Intra-State)

The Director General, NWDA informed that the preparation of DPR of

Damanganga (Ekdare) – Godavari intra-State link of Maharashtra is in progress.

The link project envisages transfer of surplus waters from west flowing

Damanganga river to water deficit areas of Godavari basin to an extent of 143

Mm3. The water will be transferred to Vagad reservoir as proposed by

Government of Maharashtra to meet the domestic, Irrigation and Industrial

requirement of Nasik District. The DPR will be completed by June, 2021.

4. Damanganga-Vaitarna-Godavari link (Intra-State)

The Director General, NWDA informed that the preparation of DPR of

Damanganga-Vaitarna-Godavari intra-State link of Maharashtra is in progress.

The project envisages diversion of 202 Mm3 of water from Damanganga and

Vaitarna basins to Godavari basin. The DPR is scheduled to complete by June

2021.

The information was noted by the Members of the Committee

Item No.17.3: Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) completed / Feasibility

Reports

I. Ken-Betwa Link Project

The Director General, NWDA informed that DPR of Ken-Betwa link project

(Phase-I, II and its Comprehensive DPR) was completed by NWDA and

circulated to party States and CWC. Draft MoA for implementation and water

sharing of Ken-Betwa Link Project is under discussions with Governments of

Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh States. Hon’ble Union Minister for Jal

Shakti held a meeting on 25th

February 2020 at Lucknow with Hon’ble Chief

Minister of Uttar Pradesh to discuss various issues involved in Ken-Betwa Link

Project.

Most of the Clearances for the Link project have already been obtained however

Central Empowerment Committee (CEC) of Supreme Court has submitted its

observations to the Hon’ble Supreme Court in August 2019. The Director

General indicated that Landscape Management Plan as directed by National

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Wild Life Board of MoEF&CC is under study by Wildlife Institute of India

(WII) and shall be completed by this year.

The Additional Chief Secretary, Water Resources, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh

indicated that the Govt. of Madhya Pradesh has received letter from Ministry of

Jal Shakti for resolving water sharing issue with Uttar Pradesh and they have

replied the same. The main issue is sharing of water in non-monsoon period. He

further added that the Stage-I Forest Land diversion Clearance was accorded by

MoEF&CC with the condition of identification of 6017 ha of revenue land by

the Govt. of MP and its transfer to Panna Tiger Reserve (PTR) authorities. The

Government of Madhya Pradesh could identify only 4206 ha revenue land for

transfer to Panna Tiger Reserve Authorities. For remaining areas of 1811 ha, he

expressed that in lieu of this, afforestation in double the degraded forest land

may be permitted. The Secretary (DoWR,RD&GR) told that a request has

already been made to Secretary (MoEF & CC) in this regard vide letter dated

30th July, 2018. It is a normal practice to consider compensatory afforestation in

double of the degraded forest land and this should be accepted by MoEF&CC.

The representative of MoEF&CC has informed that NWDA has taken up the

matter of relaxation of 1811 ha revenue land with MoEF&CC. He further

mentioned that the MoEF&CC has requested Government of Madhya Pradesh to

furnish compliance report to conditions made earlier.

The Secretary, DoWR,RD&GR, Ministry of Jal Shakti further mentioned that

insisting for NPV deposit by MOEF&CC for the project which is yet to be

approved is not justifiable. He requested MoEF&CC to relax the condition and

requested Madhya Pradesh to take up the matter with MoEF&CC for relaxation

and also submit the compliance of the conditions to MoEF&CC.

The Secretary, DoWR,RD&GR, Ministry of Jal Shakti indicated that apart from

water sharing issues between two States, there are many other challenges such

as statutory clearance from MoEF&CC and Hon’ble Supreme Court, funding

pattern etc. The challenges of Statutory Clearances in NGT and Hon’ble

Supreme Court are being followed-up by the Ministry. Funding Pattern of 90

(Center) : 10 (State) as insisted by both the States for the project against existing

60 (Center) : 40 (State) has been taken up. He further requested both the states to

resolve all issues amicably considering Co-operative federalism.

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Regarding the recommendations of Central Empowerment Committee (CEC) to

examine through the specialised agencies, the alternative of Ken-Betwa Link

Project to meet the irrigation needs of the proposed command area, the Special

Committee was of the opinion that while preparing the DPR of Ken-Betwa Link

Project, all the available alternatives/options were examined and Ken-Betwa

Link Project is the only best option to meet the irrigation needs of command area

which will provide relief to the draught prone Bundelkhand region. The CEC

may be informed accordingly.

Prof. P B S Sarma, Member of the Committee and also the Chairman of the Sub-

Committee–II indicated that the mandate of the Sub-Committee-II is for

“System Studies for identification of most appropriate alternative Plan” is

examining various alternative plans during its Meetings. Hon’ble Supreme Court

may be made aware of the same.

Shri A D Mohile, Member of the Committee indicated that the mandate assigned

to the Sub-Committee-II is to identify most appropriate alternative Plan for the

ILR projects. Hence the recommendations of the Sub-Committee–II on the

alternate options of ILR project may be brought to the notice of Hon’ble

Supreme Court.

II. Damanganga-Pinjal and Par-Tapi-Narmada Link Projects– Present

Status of DPRs

The Director General, NWDA informed that DPRs of Damanganga-Pinjal Link

Project and Par-Tapi-Narmada Link Project have been completed and the

techno-economic clearance of Damanganga-Pinjal link has been obtained. The

techno-economic appraisal of Par-Tapi-Narmada Link Project is in advance

stage. The draft MoU for implementation of twin link projects is under

discussion with Governments of Gujarat and Maharashtra.

Regarding the demand of Maharashtra for compensating its share (water

generated from Maharashtra catchment and considered for diversion through

Par-Tapi-Narmada Link) in Tapi Basin in the area upstream of Ukai reservoir,

the representative of Government of Gujarat indicated that Gujarat is already

using 5200 Mcm of water from Ukai reservoir and considering the present

situation, demand of Govt. of Maharashtra to compensate its share of Par-Tapi-

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Narmada Link from Ukai reservoir in Tapi Basin is not feasible and requested

Maharashtra to reconsider its demand.

Shri Sriram Vedire, Member of the Committee and Chairman of Task Force

informed that the Task Force for ILR will focus to resolve the issues involved in

implementation of Par-Tapi-Narmada and Damanganga-Pinjal Link Projects

among the Gujarat and Maharashtra State Governments in its next meeting.

III. Alternative proposal of Diversion of Godavari waters upto Cauvery

basin

The Director General, NWDA informed that the preparation of DPRs of three

links namely Godavari–Krishna(Nagarjunasagar) link, Krishna (Nagarjunasagar)

– Pennar (Somasila) link and Pennar (Somasila) – Cauvery (Grand Anicut) link

under Godavari-Cauvery alternative link scheme have been completed and the

draft DPR was circulated to the party States in March, 2019. Comments from

Govt. of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh are

received and the same will be incorporated in final DPR. He further informed

that the comments from Odisha, Telangana and Chhattisgarh States are awaited.

The states were requested to sent their comments to NWDA without any further

delay, so that the DPR of Godavari-Cauvery Link could be finalized considering

the comments of party States.

Representative of Chhattisgarh State informed that in future Chhattisgarh may

plan and construct few new projects in Godavari Basin to use their share of

water.

The Secretary, DoWR,RD&GR, Ministry of Jal Shakti pointed out that certain

States having surplus water are unable to utilize the same due to various reasons

and also geographical constraints. He opined that a mechanism may be worked

out to compensate such States to encourage them for sharing of surplus water so

that the surplus water could be ulilized in larger National interest.

Shri M Gopalakrishnan indicated that if we consider compensating water surplus

States within India, then India will be in great disadvantage in International

Water sharing with Nepal as the Nepal may also ask for the same condition.

Secretary, DoWR,RD&GR, Ministry of Jal Shakti mentioned that we should

give a thought to this.

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Shri Sriram Vedire, Member of the Committee and Chairman of Task Force

informed that Government of Chhattisgarh has expressed its willingness to share

water if they are compensated. He further indicated that Telangana and Andhra

Pradesh States are moving independently with their own mechanism to transfer

water from Godavari to Krishna. We can request the Govt. of Telangana and

Andhra Pradesh to send their feedback or discuss the issue in the Special

Committee Meetings so that the same can be considered while finalizing the

DPR. The representative of Telangana agreed to send the comments on DPR

within 15 days.

Shri A D Mohile, Member of the Committee mentioned that no Tribunal has

given any property right of water to any of the Sates but only right to use. He

further mentioned that no Tribunal accept Krishna Tribunal put the restriction on

use of water outside the Basin, as such compensating the water surplus States

should not be considered.

Representative of Tamil Nadu informed that Hon’ble Supreme Court in recent

judgment has categorically mentioned that the water is a National asset and no

State can claim ownership.

The representative of Karnataka requested to indicate their share of water from

Godavari-Cauvery link project. Representative of Andhra Pradesh informed that

they have requested some information from NWDA which are awaited.

Item No.17.4: Status of Feasibility Reports

1. Manas-Sankosh-Teesta-Ganga (MSTG) link

The Director General, NWDA informed that the Manas-Sankosh-Teesta-Ganga

(MSTG) link project is an interdependent link envisaging diversion of surplus

water from river Manas, Sankosh, Aie, Raidak, Torsa and Jaldhaka to the Ganga

river and further towards South. The Feasibility Report of this project is under

finalization and the same will be circulated among the party States.


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Item No. 17.5: Status of Intra-State link proposals

Director General, NWDA informed that NWDA has received 47 proposals of

Intra-State links from 9 States. The Pre-feasibility Reports (PFRs) of 37 Intra-

State links have been completed. The DPR of 4 Intra-State links have been

completed and sent to the concerned State Governments. The preparation of

DPRs of Damanganga (Ekdare)–Godavari link and Damanganga-Vaitarna-

Godavari link of Maharashtra is in progress.

The representative of Karnataka raised the issue of considering the regenerated

water from Bangalore City domestic water utilisation in the planning of

Ponnaiyar - Palar Link project of Tamil Nadu.

Item No.17.6: Restructuring of National Water Development Agency

Director General, NWDA informed that due to enhanced mandate of NWDA, its

work load has increased manifold as such strengthening of NWDA is necessary.

A proposal in this regard has been submitted to Ministry of Jal Shakti and the

MoJS informed that the strengthening of NWDA will be considered with NIRA.


Item No. 17.7: Task Force for Interlinking of Rivers

Director General, NWDA informed that the Task Force for ILR is assisting

Special Committee for ILR and so far held 11 Meetings and the last meeting was

held on 18.10.2019.

Shri Sriram Vedire, Member of the Special Committee and Chairman of Task

Force informed that the Task Force in its 11th

Meeting has critically analysed

Himalayan Components of NPP for realistic assessment and figured out the

issues with Nepal and Bhutan. Regarding the issues with Nepal, Chairman, Task

Force suggested NWDA to approach Ministry of External Affairs through

Ministry of Jal Shakti to take-up the discussions with Nepal. Regarding issues

with Bhutan, he mentioned that the Manas-Sankosh-Teesta-Ganga (MSTG) link

is depends on Bhutan. The Sankosh Hydro-electric project on Sankosh river has

been planned which is also a part of planning of MSTG Link. So far with

Bhutan only Power sharing has been worked out. The Sankosh water flowing

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down of Sankosh HEP after Power generation has been planned by India for

diversion through MSTG Link and this issue needs to be discussed with Bhutan.

Shri A D Mohile, Member of the committee mentioned that as per the

established practice trans-boundary flowing water to our country can be used as

per our own priority and planning and may not be discussed with other country.


Item No. 17.8: Integration of Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project with

Parbati- Kalisindh-Chambal link

Director General, NWDA informed that Task Force for ILR in its 11th

Meeting

held on 18.10.2019 discussed the possibility of integrating the Parbati-

Kalisindh-Chambal (PKC) Link of NPP with Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project

(ERCP) of Rajasthan. Subsequently a meeting was convened by Chairman, Task

Force for ILR with Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan States and it was decided

that NWDA should prepare the Pre-Feasibility Report (PFR) of Integration of

Parbati-Kalisindh-Chambal of NPP with Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project.

Accordingly, NWDA is preparing the Pre-Feasibility Report of integration of

Parbati-Kalisindh-Chambal with Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project and same shall

be completed by March 2020.


Item No.17.9: National Interlinking of Rivers Authority (NIRA)

Director General, NWDA informed that a Draft Cabinet Note for NIRA and

draft bill for constitution of NIRA have been prepared and sent to Ministry of Jal

Shakti.

In the Cabinet Note, approvals have been sought on funding pattern for

implementation of ILR projects and setting up National Interlinking of Rivers

Authority (NIRA) for overall implementation of ILR program.

The Secretary, DoWR,RD&GR, Ministry of Jal Shakti informed that the Cabinet

Note was circulated to the concerned Ministries and comments have been

received from various Ministries. These comments are being compiled.

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Meeting ended with vote of thanks to Chair.

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List of Members, Special Invitees and Participants of the 17th

Meeting of the

Special Committee for Interlinking of Rivers held on 26th

February, 2020 at

New Delhi.

1 Shri Rattan Lal Kataria,

Hon’ble Minister of State for Jal Shakti,

New Delhi

In Chair

2 Shri U.P. Singh,

Secretary, DoWR, RD & GR,

Ministry of Jal Shakti,

Govt. of India, New Delhi

Member

3 Shri Sriram Vedire,

Advisor to Minister, DoWR, RD & GR,

Ministry of Jal Shakti, Govt. of India,

New Delhi & Chairman, Task force for ILR

Member

4 Shri S.K. Haldar,

Member (WP&P),

Central Water Commission, New Delhi

Representing Chairman,

CWC

5 Shri M. Gopal Reddy,

Additional Chief Secretary, Water Resources

Department, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh

Member

6 Shri T. Venkatesh,

Principal Secretary, Irrigation Water Resources,

Govt. of Uttar Pradesh

Member

7 Dr. K. Manivasan,

Principal Secretary, Public Works Department,

Govt. of Tamil Nadu

Member

8 A. Venu Prasad,

Principal Secretary, Water Resources,

Govt. of Punjab

Member

9 Shri Mrunmai Joshi,

Deputy Secretary, Water Resources Department,

Govt. of Kerala

Representing

Commissioner &

Secretary, WRD,

Govt. of Kerala

10 Shri Jigmet Takpa,

Joint Secretary, MoEF&CC

Govt. of India

Representing Secretary,

Ministry of Environment,

Forest &Climate Change.

11 Shri M. Venkateshwara Rao,

Advisor, Water Resources Department,

Govt. of Andhra Pradesh

Representing Addl. Chief

Secretary, Govt. of

Andhra Pradesh

12 Shri K. Jaiprakash,

Managing Director, Cauvery Neeravari Nigam

Ltd. WRD, Govt. of Karnataka

Representing Principal

Secretary , Govt. of

Karnataka

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13 Shri Sandeep Taneja

Chief Engineer, Yamuna Water Services (South),

Govt. of Haryana



Haryana

14 Er. Jayant Pawar,

Engineer-In-Chief ,Water Resources Department,

Raipur, Govt. of Chhattisgarh



Chhattisgarh

15 Shri M.R. Patel,

Chief Engineer & Additional Secretary,

Water Resources Department, Govt. of Gujarat



Gujarat

16 Shri Ravi Solanki,

Additional Chief Engineer, Water Resources

Department, Govt. of Rajasthan



Rajasthan

17 Shri Nagesh Mishra,

Chief Engineer, Planning and Project Monitoring,

Water Resources Department, Govt. of Jharkhand



Jharkhand

18 Shri Pradeepta Kumar Das,

Engineer-In-Chief-Cum-Special Secretary,

Department of Water Resources,

Govt. of Odisha



Odisha

19 Shri G.D. Narahari Babu,

Superintending Engineer, ISWR Unit,

Water Resources Department,

Govt. of Telangana


Secretary, WRD,

Telangana

20 Shri Shankar Kumar Saha,

Superintending Engineer, Irrigation Department,

Govt. of Uttarakhand


Secretary, WRD,

Uttarakhand

21 Dr. Ramesh Chand,

Member (Agriculture), NITI Aayog,


Member

22 Shri R.S. Prasad, Former Chairman,

Central Water Commission New Delhi -

Member

23 Shri M. Gopalakrishnan,

Former Secretary, ICID,

New Delhi

Special Invitee

24 Prof. P.B.S. Sarma (Retd.)

CED, IIT Delhi and Chairman, Sub Committee-II

of Special Committee for ILR

Special Invitee

25 Shri A.D. Mohile,

Former Chairman, Central Water Commission,

New Delhi

Special Invitee

26 Smt. Sayali Sandeep Joshi,

CEO-Shrishti Eco-Research Institute

Pune, Maharashtra

Member

27 Shri Ajay Kumar Singh, Chairman &CTO,

Paramarsh Engineers Pvt. Ltd.

Nagpur, Maharashtra

Member

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28 Shri Amardeep Singh Choudhary,

O/o Chief Adviser (Cost), O/o CAC, Ministry of

Finance, Department of Expenditure,


Representing Chief

Adviser (Cost), Ministry

of Finance, Department of

Expenditure

29 Shri Bhopal Singh,

Director General, NWDA, New Delhi

Member Secretary

Officers from DoWR,RD & GR, Ministry of Jal Shakti

30 Shri Jagmohan Gupta,

Joint Secretary & Finance Advisor,

DoWR, RD & GR, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Govt. of India, New Delhi

31 Shri T.D. Sharma,

Senior Joint Commissioner (BM),

DoWR, RD & GR, MoJS, New Delhi

32 Shri Rajiv Kumar, Director, PACC,

Central Water Commission, New Delhi

Officers from Union Ministries & Departments

33 Ms. Rachna Chopra,

Addl. Chief Adviser (Cost), O/o CAC, Ministry of Finance, Department of

Expenditure, New Delhi

34 Shri Praveen Kavi,

Deputy Director, Press Information Bureau,

Govt. of India

Officers from State Government

35 Shri Sriramaiah,

Principal Technical Advisor, Water Resources Department,

Govt. of Karnataka

36 Shri Shankare Gowda,

Chief Engineer, Water Resources Department,

Govt. of Karnataka

37 Shri Anup Kumar Srivastava,

Engineer-in-Chief & Head of Department,

Irrigation Department, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh

38 Shri T C Sharma,

Chief Engineer (Ganga), Irrigation,

Meerut, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh

39 Shri Anil Kumar Singh,

Chief Engineer (Yamuna), Irrigation,

Govt. of Uttar Pradesh

40 Shri Jagdish Singh,

Chief Engineer, Pariyojna Betwa,

Jhansi, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh

41 Shri Awdhesh Kumar, Superintending Engineer,

Irrigation Department, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh

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42 Shri Ashish Pandey,

P.R, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh

43 Shri K.P. Panday,

Executive Engineer,

UP Irrigation, Lucknow

44 Shri Ashutosh Dash,

Superintending Engineer, Inter-State Water Issue Cell,

Department of Water Resources, Govt. of Odisha

45 Shri O.P.Singh Kushwah,

Expert Consultant, Water Resources Department,

Govt. of Madhya Pradesh

46 Shri Shiv Kumar,

Executive Engineer, CD-XIV, I&FC Deptt.,

Government National Capital Territory of Delhi

47 Shri T. Giridhara Rao,

Deputy Director, O/o IS&WR,

Water Resources Department, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh

48 Shri Vijaya Kumar P.G.,

Nodal Officer, Water Resources Department,

Govt. of Kerala

49 Shri Rajesh M. Patel,

Superintending Engineer, Water Resources Department,

Govt. of Gujarat

50 Shri J.K. Trivedi,

Superintending Engineer, Water Resources Department,

Govt. of Gujarat

51 Er. Celestine Xaxa,

Chief Engineer Monitoring,

Water Resources Department, Govt. of Chhattisgarh

52 Shri K.S. Dhruv,

Chief Engineer, Mahanadi Project,

Raipur, Govt. of Chhattisgarh

53 Smt. Kiran Ahuja,

Superintending Engineer, JPR Zone,

Govt. of Rajasthan

54 Shri M.D. Pareak,

Administrative Officer,

Government of Rajasthan

55 Shri Anurag Sharma,

Assistant Engineer, ISWR,

Govt. of Telangana

56 Shri K. Prasad,

Deputy Director, EE O/o CE, ISWR,

Govt. of Telangana

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Officers from National Water Development Agency (NWDA)

57 Shri R.K. Jain,

Chief Engineer (HQ),

New Delhi

58 Shri K.P. Gupta,

Director (Technical),

New Delhi

59 Shri Muzaffar Ahmad,

Superintending Engineer,

New Delhi

60 Shri Afroz Alam,

Superintending Engineer,

New Delhi

61 Shri R.K. Sharma,

Deputy Director,

New Delhi

62 Shri S.R. Mahor,

Deputy Director,

New Delhi

63 Shri Rakesh Kumar Gupta,

Executive Engineer (HQ),

New Delhi

64 Shri Anil Kumar Jain,

Deputy Director (SCILR),

New Delhi

65 Shri P.V. Baiju,

Consultant,

New Delhi

66 Shri S.C. Mangal,

Assistant Director,

New Delhi

67 Shri B.K. Tandel,

Assistant Engineer,

New Delhi

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