Lok Sabha Question No. 2916 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-04
Subject: Desilting of Ganga River
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: RAJESH RANJAN  (PAPPU  YADAV), RANJEET RANJAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## UN STARRED QUESTION NO.

## LOK SABHA †2916

ANSWERED ON 04.01 .201 8

## DESILTING OF GANGA R IVER

## †2916. SHRI RAJESH RANJAN

## SHRIMATI RANJEET RANJAN

Will the Minister of WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether a Committee under the chairmanship of Shri A. B. Pandya has been set up to give disilting of Ganga river;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the place at which the head office of this Committee is li along with the time by which the report is likely to be submitted by it;
- (c) whether this Committee is also likely to consult the State Governments of Bihar and West Bengal and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether officers from Bihar and West Bengal have also been included in this Committee; an
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  FOR  WATER  RESOURCES, RIVER  DEVELOPMENT  A ND  GANGA REJUVENATION & HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT

## ( DR. SATYA PAL SINGH )

- (a) & (b) A Committee has been constituted under the Chairmanship of Shri  A.B. Pandya, Former Central Water Commission, to address the issues of flood and siltation in the state of Bihar. The Committe was constituted on 24 th August, 2017 for a period of six months from the date of its constitution.
- (c) to (e) The constitution of the Committee and finalisation of Terms of References (ToR) and was done aft er consultations with State Government of Bihar . T he composition of the Committee is as unde

|   S.No. | Name                                                                    |                    |
|---------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
|       1 | Sh. A.B. Pandya, Former Chairman, Central Water                         | CommissionChairman |
|       2 | Member, D&R / Member, RM, Central Water Commission                      | Member             |
|       3 | Chairman,GFCC, Patna                                                    | Member             |
|       4 | General Manager, Farakka Barrage Project                                | Member             |
|       5 | Representative of Ministry of Shipping, Government                      | of India Member    |
|       6 | Sh. Indu Bhushan Kumar, Former Engineer -In- Chief, WRD, Govt. Bihar    | of Member          |
|       7 | Dr. Muralidhar Singh, Professor WALMI, Patna                            | Member             |
|       8 | Sh. Himanshu Thakkar, Coordinator, South Asia Network Rivers and People | Dams, Member       |
|       9 | Sh. Ramakar Jha, Professor, NIT, Patna                                  | Member             |
|      10 | Dr. Rakesh Kumar, Director, NEERI, Nagpur                               | Member             |
|      11 | Sh. N.N. Rai, Director, Hydrology (NE), Central Water Commission        | Member Secretary   |

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