Centre plans risk-based master plans to strengthen flood management across Ganga basin

The Ganga Flood Control Board has deliberated on the preparation of riskbased river basin master plans assessment of the adequacy of waterways and ventways under bridges and restructuring of the Ganga Flood Control Commission GFCC to strengthen flood management across the Ganga basin the Union Ministry of Jal Shakti said on ThursdayThe board also discussed improving the quality of detailed project reports DPRs ensuring the timely implementation of flood mitigation projects and applying modern technologies to flood management the ministry said in a statementThe deliberations took place at the 19th meeting of the Ganga Flood Control Board GFCB chaired by Union Jal Shakti Minister C R Patil at Bharat Mandapam on October 27Patil launched the Punah Bharan mobile app developed by the Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geoinformatics BISAGN in collaboration with the National Water Mission The app is designed to facilitate the scientific identification of suitable locations for artificial groundwater recharge interventionsThe revised mandate and restructuring of the GFCC include strengthening basinlevel flood management planning appraising flood management schemes conducting river morphology and sedimentation studies and developing a Flood Management Information System FMIS the statement saidThe revised institutional arrangements are expected to improve coordination technical appraisal and timely decisionmaking it addedEmphasis was laid on strengthening coordination among central ministries state governments and other stakeholders particularly in addressing issues related to river morphology drainage congestion infrastructure development and flood resilienceThe importance of modern survey techniques sound technical investigations appropriate statutory clearances and the timely resolution of project implementation bottlenecks was also highlightedThe meeting reaffirmed the importance of an integrated riskinformed and technologyenabled approach to flood management supported by effective Centrestate cooperation improved technical standards and coordinated implementation of flood management measures across the Ganga basin the statement saidWest Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Ram Nath Thakur NITI Aayog member K V Raju Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and Water Resources Minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary Uttar Pradesh Jal Shakti Minister Swatantra Dev Singh and representatives of the Ganga basin states attended the meeting among othersThe Ganga Flood Control Board was constituted by the Centre on April 18 1972 to facilitate the coordinated planning and implementation of measures to address flooding erosion and drainage problems in the Ganga basinThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever