Five years ago, the Union government decided to establish a water resources management authority with sprawling ambitions for India’s northeastern states. The North East Water Management Authority will replace the Brahmaputra Board after parliamentary approvals, two officials said. The Union government established the Brahmaputra Board in Guwahati in 1980 to plan and implement measures to control floods, stem bank erosion, …
Decks have been cleared for the creation of a new statutory agency for tackling the twin dangers of flood and erosion in the crisis-prone Northeast. All the NE states are to be represented in the governing council,” said Rajiv Yadav, chairperson of Brahmaputra Board, who has also been tasked to head the executive board of NEWMA as the first chairperson. …
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