(a) whether top posts of Brahmaputra Board have been lying vacant since its inception in 1980;
(b) if so, the reasons therefor and the time likely to be taken to fill up the said posts; and
(c) the steps being taken to make the Board beneficial for North East States ?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES (SMT. BIJOYA CHAKRAVARTY)
(a) No, Sir.
(b) Does not arise.
(c) To provide maximum benefits to the North-East States, the Brahmaputra Board is actively involved in preparation of Master Plans for Water Resources Development, Survey and Investigation Works for preparation of Detailed Project Reports of identified Drainage Development Schemes and for Development Scheme and Pagladiya Dam Project. The Board has prepared Master Plan Part-I (Main Stem of Brahmaputra river), Master Plan Part-II (Barak river and its tributaries) and Part-III of some of the Sub-basins of Brahmaputra interalia suggesting the short and long term measures for flood management . The Board has also initiated action to take up watershed management schemes and anti erosion schemes in different States of North Eastern region.