(a) whether the Government proposes to restructure the Brahmaputra Board;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) the details of flood control management and river training programmes conducted by the Board;
(d) whether North-Eastern States have represented for conducting such training programmes in other
States outside North- East; and
(e) if so, the details thereof and the funds allocated and spent thereon?
MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES (SHRI VINCENT H. PALA)
(a) Yes, Madam.
(b) Government proposes to restructure the Brahmaputra Board by way of brining an amendment in the existing
Brahmaputra Board Act, 1980. The proposed Board shall consist of the following members, namely:
(i) a Chairman, three Chief Engineers, one Director, North Eastern Hydraulic and Allied Research Institute
(NEHARI), Secretary of the Board and the Financial Advisor to the Board.
(ii) a member each to represent respectively the Governments of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya,
Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura and West Bengal and member from North-Eastern Council.
(iii) a member each to represent the Ministries of Agriculture, Water Resources, Shipping, Finance, Power,
Road Transport & Highways, Development of North Eastern Region.
(c) Brahmaputra Board has not conducted any training programme on flood control management and river training.
(d) No, Madam.
(e) Does not arise.