Government of India Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation
Godavari River Management Board, Hyderabad
ANNUAL REPORT 2016-17
ANNUAL REPORT 2016-17
GODAVARI RIVER MANAGEMENT BOARD 5th Floor, Jalasoudha, ErrumManzil, Hyderabad- 500082
PREFACE
It is our pleasure to bring out the first Annual Report of the Godavari River Management Board (GRMB) for the year 2016-17. The events during the past two years 2014-15 and 2015-16 after constitution of GRMB are briefed at a glance. The Report gives an insight into the functions and activities of GRMB and Organisation Structure. In pursuance of the A.P. Reorganization Act, 2014, Central Government constituted GRMB on 28th May, 2014 with autonomous status under the administrative control of Central Government. GRMB consists of Chairperson, Member Secretary and Member (Power) appointed by the Central Government and one Technical Member and one Administrative Member nominated by each of the Successor State. The headquarters of GRMB is at Hyderabad.
GRMB shall ordinarily exercise jurisdiction on Godavari river in the States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh in regard to any of the projects over head works (barrages, dams, reservoirs, regulating structures), part of canal network and transmission lines necessary to deliver water or power to the States concerned, as may be notified by the Central Government, having regard to the awards, if any, made by the Tribunals constituted under the Inter-State River Water Disputes Act, 1956.
During the year 2016-17, GRMB was headed by Shri Ram Saran, as the Chairperson till 31st December, 2016, succeeded by Shri S. K. Haldar, Chief Engineer, NBO, CWC, Bhopal as in-charge Chairperson from 4th January, 2017. Dr. Samir Chatterjee functioned as the Member Secretary of GRMB, Shri Pradeep Kumar Shukla as Member (Power) till 28th October, 2016 succeeded by Shri A. Balan, Member (Power) KRMB from 29th October, 2016 (in-charge) and Shri. N. K. Mathur as Chief Engineer till 31st May, 2016.
Some of the important activities carried out by GRMB during the period are:
GRMB provided necessary support to the Ministry of Water Resources, RD & GR on technical matters related to irrigation projects on river Godavari in the States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh during the year 2016-17. The website of GRMB has been developed and the activation of domain name
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Storage positions of 7 Major Reservoirs viz. Mogaligundla Baga Reddy Singur Project, Nizam Sagar, Sriram Sagar, Kaddam, Sripada Yellempally, Lower Manair Dam and Godavari Delta System of both the States - Telangana and Andhra Pradesh were prepared on every Thursday. Board Secretariat secured office space befitting to its stature, at 5th floor, Jalasoudha, Errum Manzil, Hyderabad. GRMB gained financial autonomy as the Government of Telangana (GoT) started depositing budgetary fund into the Board’s bank Account and the Board started to operate the funds independently. Vehicles (5 Nos.) were procured for GRMB during the year. GRMB organised the Swachhta Pakhwada programme from 16.03.2017 to 31.03.2017 with the motto “Clean Environs - Clean Psyche” keeping in line with the spirit driven by GOI.
Annual Report also contains the brief of expenditure and important activities for the years 2014-15 to 2016-17.
The Board gratefully acknowledges the continued guidance, co-operation and help extended by the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation Govt. of India, Central Water Commission, Central Electricity Authority, Irrigation & CAD Department - Telangana, Water Resources Department - Andhra Pradesh, State Electricity Boards of Telangana & Andhra Pradesh, Finance Department- Telangana & Andhra Pradesh and State Bank of India.
Hyderabad Member Secretary Date: 05.07.2017. (Dr. Samir Chatterjee)
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CONTENTS
Page
Preface (i) – (ii)
At a Glance 2014-15 (iv) – (vii)
At a Glance 2015-16 (viii) – (ix)
CHAPTER –I Godavari River 1 - 8
CHAPTER –II An Overview 9 - 10
CHAPTER –III Functions of the Board 11 - 13
CHAPTER –IV Board Secretariat 14 - 16
CHAPTER –V Meetings 17 – 19
CHAPTER –VI Administration & Finance 20 - 23
CHAPTER –VII Technical Activities 24 - 26
CHAPTER –VIII Regulations, Jurisdiction & 27 - 27 Working Manual
CHAPTER –IX PQ, RTI, VIP & Court Cases 28 - 29
CHAPTER –X Miscellaneous 30 – 37
ANNEXES
Annex- A 38 - 41
Annex- B 42 - 43
Annex- C 44 - 53
Annex- D 54 - 54
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AT A GLANCE - 2014-15
GRMB was constituted by the Central Government as an autonomous body under the administrative control of the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation in pursuance of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 for the administration, regulation, maintenance and operation of such projects, as may be notified by the Central Government from time to time. In exercise of the powers conferred by the Act, 2014, MoWR, RD & GR constituted Godavari River Management Board vide Gazette Notification dated 28th May, 2014. The Headquarter of GRMB is located at Hyderabad. (Enclosed part- IX of AP Re-organisation Act, 2014 vide Annex- A & Gazette Notification of MoWR, RD&GR vide Annex-B)
Shri. A. Mahendran, Member (WP&P), Central Water Commission, New Delhi took over the additional charge of the post of Chairperson, GRMB on 2nd June, 2014 and Shri. J. Chandrashekhar Iyer, Chief Engineer, Cauvery and Southern Rivers Organisation, CWC, Coimbatore took over the additional charge of the post of Member Secretary, GRMB on 16th June, 2014.
Shri M. S. Agrawal took over the regular charge of Chairperson, GRMB on 22nd September, 2014 and Shri S. K. Pattnayak, Chief Engineer, Central Electricity Authority was posted as Member (Power) GRMB. On retirement of Shri M. S. Agrawal on superannuation, Shri Ram Saran took over the regular charge of Chairperson, GRMB on 2nd February, 2015.
To make GRMB fully operational and carry out all the mandated functions as per A.P. Reorganisation Act, 2014, discussions were held regarding Office Accommodation, Infrastructure, Human Resources, Budgetary Aspects, Authenticated data etc. on all projects making available to the Board by both the States were as follows:
Meetings : i. During the First Meeting of Krishna River Management Board held on 10.07.2014, it was decided that a Working Group comprising of Engineers-in-Chiefs representing the Board from the States Telangana and Andhra Pradesh and Member Secretary, GRMB/KRMB will work out the modalities on the working of the Board which inter-alia, will include the staff requirement, infrastructural requirement, financial aspects, historical data of the projects and chalk out a Draft Action Plan.
ii. The first meeting of the Working Group was held during 04-07 August, 2014.
iii. First Board Meeting of GRMB was held on 06.08.2014 under the Chairmanship of Shri A. Mahendran, (iv)
Chairperson, GRMB at KGBO, CWC, Hyderabad. It was decided that the Working Group will also work out the jurisdiction of the Board over projects to be notified by the GOI.
During the Meeting, it was decided that both the State Governments will furnish to the Board the information such as Salient features, Daily inflows, outflows and withdrawals, Reservoir levels, Water utilizations, Reservoir operation schedule, Annual irrigation, Command Area, Monthly water use in respect of all the completed/under operation projects located in their States in the Godavari Basin. It was also agreed that both the State Governments shall keep the GRMB informed about all the projects under construction and new projects that were in the Detailed Project Report, Feasibility or pre- Feasibility stage.
iv. A Consultation Meeting was held on 12.09.2014 at CWC (Hqs.), New Delhi, wherein retired officers of CWC, officers from other Boards under MoWR, RD & GR, Engineers-in-Chiefs of both GoT and GoAP participated.
v. Second Meeting of the Working Group was held on 20.09.2014 at Jalasoudha Building, Hyderabad.
During the Meeting, it was decided that the two draft documents titled “Regulations” forming Part-I comprising of principles and all static information and “Working Manual” forming Part-2 comprising of functional aspects with additional details, some part of which will be dynamic information, will be finalised after incorporating the considered views of GoT and GoAP and shall be put up for approval by the Board.
vi. Third Meeting of the Working Group was held on 10.10.2014. The Chairperson & Member Secretary of GRMB and Engineers-in-Chiefs of both the States participated in the meeting
During the Meeting, the status of draft documents – Regulations and Working Manual, furnishing data of projects and funds to be made available to the Board were discussed. vii. Fourth Meeting of the Working Group was held on 29.10.2014 at Jalasoudha Building, Hyderabad.
During the meeting, jurisdiction of the Board in respect of hydro electric projects and the issue of power scheduling as per provisions of A.P. Reorganisation Act, 2014 were discussed.
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viii. Second Meeting of the Board was held on 30.12.2014 under the Chairmanship of Shri M. S. Agrawal, Chairperson, GRMB at Jalasoudha, Hyderabad.
During the meeting, the Board suggested that the both State Governments should deposit the budget amount in advance, before beginning of the financial year into the Board’s Savings Bank Account to operate the funds independently by the Board Secretariat.
Office : Temporary office space was provided by GoT at Jalasoudha, Accommodation Hyderabad.
Infrastructure : GoT informed that the infrastructure for the Board would be provided in the 5th floor of Jalasoudha by March, 2015.
Human : As an interim working arrangement, some officials were posted Resources on diversion basis from the States of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and on informal basis from CWC as given below. GoT : 7 GoAP : 2 CWC : 1 Total : 10 Nos.
Vehicles : GoT facilitated GRMB in hiring of vehicles through their empanelled agencies.
Savings Bank : Savings Bank Account was opened in the name of Godavari Account River Management Board in State Bank of India at Hyderabad.
Grant-in-aid- : MoWR, RD & GR released ₹1.0 Crore as Grant-in-aid-General General to the Board on 01.01.2015, which will be refunded to MoWR, RD & GR once GRMB has sufficient funds for its day-to-day operations.
Draft : In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 87 & 88 of Regulations A. P. Reorganisation Act, 2014 (Part IX), GRMB prepared 2014 Draft Regulations, 2014 inter-alia containing broad guiding & principles for the projects/ part of the projects to be brought Draft Working under the jurisdiction of the Board and also Draft Working Manual Manual and sent to the GoT and GoAP in September, 2014 for their concurrence / views.
Hydro-electric : A Committee was constituted by Ministry of Power under the Projects Chairmanship of Chairperson, CEA for resolving the issues relating to power sector in respect of Upper and Lower Sileru HEPs as a result of AP Re organisation Act. The report on scheduling of power from Upper and Lower Sileru was not received during the year.
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BUDGET DETAILS FY: 2014-15
Head of Account: 2700-80-800-00-31-500-503 Sl. Details of Budget Amount Remarks No. Budget Estimate approved Ref: SRD of 2nd Board meeting 1 ₹ 5,00,00,000 by GRMB for FY: 2014-15 (item-funds) Budget released by GoT for Vide G.O.Rt.No.1140 2 ₹ 5,00,00,000 Finance(EBS>IX) FY: 2014-15 Dept.dt.21.11.2014 Expenditure incurred during Ref: SRD of 3rd Board meeting 3 the FY: 2014-15 as per ₹ 18,75,641 GRMB Records. Ref: Lr. o. ENC(I)/DCE- Budget Estimate sanctioned 4 ₹ 7,00,00,000 1/OT3/AEE8/GRMB&KRMB/1 by GoT for FY: 2015-16 5-16 dt.30.04.2016
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AT A GLANCE - 2015-16
During the year 2015-16, GRMB was headed by Shri Ram Saran as Chairperson. Shri Dr. Samir Chatterjee was posted as the Member Secretary on 13.05.2015 from CWC and Shri. N.K. Mathur posted as the Chief Engineer on 01.08.2015.
Meetings : Third Board Meeting held on 21.01.2016 under the Chairmanship of Shri Ram Saran, Chairperson, GRMB at Jalasoudha, Hyderabad. Human Resources : During the year, some more officials posted on diversion basis from the States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Total staff strength was as given below. GoT : 12 GoAP : 3 CWC : 1 Total : 16 Nos.
Draft Regulations : The Part-1 “Regulations 2014” were approved in 3rd Board 2014 meeting. After obtaining the concurrence of both the Party States, the Regulations 2014 were sent to the Ministry of Water Resources, RD & GR on 05.02.2016. (Enclosed Regulations,2014 vide Annex-C) (Letter no F/19011 Jurisdiction of the : Both the State Governments are requested to communicate Board the list of projects to be brought under the jurisdiction of the |Board. Both Governments expressed different opinions. A draft notification for bringing projects under jurisdiction of the Board was prepared by the Board Secretariat and sent to both the States to communicate their views. The response was yet to be received.
Draft Working : By incorporating the views/comments of the GoT & GoAP, Manual the modified Draft Working Manual was communicated for final comments. The response was awaited.
Appraisal of the : GoAP has taken up the construction of Lift Irrigation Scheme projects at PattiSeema to divert flood water/remaining water from river Godavari to river Krishna. In this regard, Vol-I of the DPR was received from GoAP for Appraisal of the project. GRMB requested GoAP to submit Vol-II and Vol-III of DPR also and other particulars for further examination. However, no response was received from GoAP. Hydro-electric : The report on scheduling of power from Upper and Lower Projects Sileru was not received during the year. The time limit for submitting the report was extended to 31.10.2015.
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BUDGET DETAILS
FY: 2015-16
Head of Account: 2700-80-800-00-31-500-503
Sl. Details of Budget Amount Remarks No. Budget Estimate approved by the Ref: SRD of 4th Board 1 ₹ 7,00,00,000 Board for FY: 2015-16 Meeting Item No. 4.2.1 Revised Estimate approved by the Ref: SRD of 3rd Board 2 ₹ 4,90,00,000 Board for the FY 2015-16 Meeting Item No3.9.3 Budget released during the FY: Ref: SRD of 4th Board 3 ₹ 1,75,00,000 2015-16 Meeting Item No. 4.2.1 Expenditure incurred during the Ref: SRD of 4th Board 4 FY: 2015-16 as per GRMB ₹ 99,63,068 Meeting Item No. 4.2.1 records Budget Estimate approved by the Ref: SRD of 3rd Board 5 ₹ 8,00,00,000 Board for FY: 2016-17 Meeting Item No3.9.3
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CHAPTER-I
GODAVARI RIVER
1.1 History
The Godavari River is the largest in peninsular India, and named as the 'Dakshina Ganga' - the South Ganges River. The Godavari Basin is the second largest basin and accounts for nearly 9.50 % of the total geographical area of the country.
The River originates 80 kilometres from the Arabian Sea in the Western Ghats of Central India from Brahmagiri near Trimbakeshwar near district Nashik in Maharashtra at an elevation of about 1067 m. The Godavari and its tributaries are an interstate river system, traverse through the states of Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka for a length of about 1465 km and finally drain into the Bay of Bengal at Antarvedi, East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh. At Dowlaiswaram the river divides into two branches, the Gautami and Vasishta. Between the two lies the Godavari Central delta. The length of Godavari River in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana is about 772KM. The Godavari River has a drainage area of 3,12,812 Sq.km.
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GODAVARI–WATER RESOURCES: FACTS Table -01: Salient features of Godavari Basin
Area & Location Latitude : 16°19’ to 22°34’ North Longitude : 73°24’ to 83°4’ East Total Catchment of the Basin 3,12,812 Sq.km State Area in Sq.km Percentage (%) Maharashtra 152,199 48.66 Telangana 62,150 19.87 Andhra Pradesh 11,051 3.53 Chhattisgarh 33,434 10.69 Madhya Pradesh 31,821 10.17 Odisha 17,752 5.67 Karnataka 4,405 1.41 Total Length of the River 1465 km
Length in Telangana & AP 772 km
Average Water Resource 110540 MCM Potential Source: India WRIS- http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Godavari
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1.2 Sections The River basin is considered to be divided into 3 sections: Upper Godavari (source to confluence with Manjira), Middle Godavari (between confluence of Manjira and Pranahitha) and Lower Godavari (Pranahitha confluence to mouth of the Sea).
1.3 Tributaries
The principal tributaries of River Godavari are: Left Side of the River: Wainganga, Kadva, Shivana, Purna, Kadam, Pranahita, Indravati, Taliperu & Sabari.
Right Side of the River: Nasardi, Darna, Pravara, Sindphana, Manjira, Manair & Kinnerasani.
Pranhita is the largest tributary covering about 34% of its drainage basin. Though the river proper flows only for 113 km, by virtue of its extensive tributaries Wardha, Wainganga, Penganga, the sub-basin drains all of Vidharba region as well as the southern slopes of the Satpura Ranges. Indravati is the 2nd largest tributary, known as the "lifeline" of the Kalahandi, Nabarangapur of Odisha & Bastar district of Chhattisgarh. Manjira (724 km) is the longest tributary and joins Godavari after passing through the Nizam Sagar . Purna is a prime river in the water scarce Marathwada region of Maharashtra.
Table -02: Major Tributaries of Godavari River
No. Tributary Bank Confluence Location Confluence Length in Elevation in m km Pravara Sangam, Nevasa, 1 Pravara Right 463 208 Ahmednagar, Maharashtra Jambulbet, Parbhani, 2 Purna Left Marathwada, Maharashtra 358 373
Kandakurthi, Renjal, Nizamabad, 3 Manjira Right Telangana 332 724
Arenda, Manthani, Karimnagar, 4 Manair Right Telangana 115 225
Kaleshwaram, Mahadevpur, 5 Pranhita Left Karimnagar, Telangana 99 113
Somnoor 6 Indravati Left Sangam, Sironcha, Gadchiroli, 82 535 Maharashtra Kunawaram, East 7 Sabari Left Godavari, Andhra Pradesh 25 418
Source: Wikipedia- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godavari_River
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1.4 Sub- basins
Table -03: Sub-basins of Godavari Basin Sub- Basin Elevation Length Catchment Average 75% of source (km) Area in Annual Dependable (MSL) Sq. km. Rainfall (mm) yield (MCM) Upper Godavari (G1) 1067 675 33,502 770 7,199.36 Pravara (G2) 1050 208 6,537 606 1,004.00 Purna (G3) 838 373 15,579 797 1,716.95 Manjira (G4) 823 724 30,881 846 3,673.25 Middle Godavari (G5) 323 328 17,189 955 5,373.51 Manair (G6) 533 225 13,106 932 1,263.21 Penganga (G7) 686 676 23,854 960 3,840.51 Wardha (G8) 777 483 24,016 1055 4,800.00 Pranahita (G9) 640 721 61,819 1363 23,633.33 Lower Godavari (G10) 107 462 24,963 1208 6,548.23 Indravathi (G11) 914 535 40,939 1588 20,872.50 Sabari (G12) 1372 418 20,427 1433 11,138.29 3,12,812 91,063.10 MCM Source: India WRIS- http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Godavari and WAPCOS
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1.5 Interstate Agreements As per the Interstate agreement concluded under Godavari Water Dispute Tribunal Award (GWDTA), Telangana & Andhra Pradesh States have share of 1173 TMC. Table-04: Agreement wise sharing of water (sub-basin wise) Sl. Sub basin & operative Maharashtra Andhra Pradesh Karnataka No Agreement 1. UPPER GODAVARI (G-1) All waters upto Paithan Dam _ _ Clause I of Agreement between Maharashra & (erstwhile) AP Dtd. 6-10-1975 2. PRAVARA (G-2) All waters of the entire Pravara Sub Basin _ _ Clause I of Agreement between Maharashra & (erstwhile) AP Dtd. 6-10-1975
3 PURNA (G-3) all waters upto Siddes War Dam _ _ Clause I of Agreement between Maharashra & (erstwhile) AP Dtd. 6-10-1975 4 MANJIRA (G-4) 622 Mm3 (22 TMC) above Nizamsagar Dam 1642 Mm3 (58 T.M.C) for i) 370 Mm3(13.10 TMC) Clause II and III of Agreement over and above sanctioned projects by 6-10- Nizamsagar Project for Karanja Project between Maharashra and 1975 (total 30 TMC) 113 Mm3 (4 T.M.C )for ii)33 Mm3 (1.17 TMC) for (erstwhile) AP Dtd. 6-10-1975 Singur Project for Chulkinala Project Hyderabad water supply. iii)28 Mm3( 1TMC) Lift Irrigation iv)70 Mm3( 2.5 T.M.C) below Nizamsagar Total 501 5 G-1 , G-2, G3 and G-4 1633 Mm3 (60 T.M.C) share in water below All Remaining Waters _ Clause II and III of Agreement Paithan Dam, Siddeswar Dam And Nizam Sagar between Maharashtra and Dam over and above sanctioned projects by 6- (erstwhile) AP Dtd. 6-10-1975 10-1975 ( total 102 TMC) 5
Sl. Sub basin & operative Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Andhra Pradesh No Agreement 6 MIDDLE 11.33 Mm3 (0.4TMC) All Remaining Waters GODAVARI(G-5) Clause I of Agrmt between Maharashtra, AP & MP Dtd 19-12-1975 7 MANER (G-6) All waters Clause II of Agrmt between Mah., AP & MP Dtd 19- 12-1975 8 PENGANGA (G-7) i) All waters upto Lower All remaining waters of Clause III of Agrmt Penganga, Waghadi & Penganga Sub Basin between Mah, AP & MP Saikhadi Dam Projects Dtd 19-12-1975 ii) 255Mm3 (9TMC) below the above sites. 9 WARDHA (G-8) i)255 Mm3 (9TMC) above Upper Wardha i)All waters upto Tulna, All remaining waters of Clause IV of Agrmt Project Chargam, Nirguda and the Wardha Sub Basin. between Mah, AP & MP ii)28.3 Mm3(1TMC)in remaining portion Bhandara Projects Dtd 19-12-1975 ii) 736.24 Mm3 (26TMC) 10 PRANHITA (G-9) i)All waters upto 5 specified projects in Kanhal Clause V of Agrmt between Valley. Mah AP & MP Dtd 19-12- ii)396.44 Mm3 (14TMC) below above projects 1975 iii)all waters upto dhuti weir and 8 specified projects in Wainganga Valley. iv)All waters upto Pujaritola project on Bagh river. v)All waters upto Sitekasa Dam on Bawanthari vi)All waters upto Totladoh on Pench River vii)1670.70Mm3(59TMC) below above projects. vii) 425 Mm3 (15TMC) reserved for Maharashtra as regulated supply from M.P
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Sl. Sub basin & operative Maharashtra Andhra Pradesh Chattisgarh Orissa No Agreement 11 LOWER GODAVARI 28.3 Mm3 (1TMC) i)141.59 Mm3 (5TMC) i)All waters upto 5 (G-10) for Taliperu Project specified project sites in Clause VI of Agreement the award between Mah, AP & MP ii)2406.95 Mm3(85TMC) . Dtd 19-12-1975 for Inchampally Project ii)255Mm3(9TMC) below above projects. iii)All remaining waters
12 INDRAVATI (G-11) i)962.78 Mm3 (34TMC) upto i) All remaining waters i ) 7730.54Mm3 i)All waters upto Clause VII of Agrmt Bhopalapatnam of Indravati sub- basin (273TMC) upto Upper Indravati between Mah, AP & MP Project Downstream of Bhopalapatnam Project. Projects sites. Dtd 19-12-1975 ii)198.22 Mm3 (7TMC) below Bhopalapatnam Project. ii) Balance water Clause G11 of Agrmt Bhopalapatnam ii) All waters upto below Upper between Orissa and MP Chintavagu, Jallavagu Indravati Projects Dtd 11-7-1979 and Kothapalli after ensuring 45 TMC AT iii)538 Mm3 Chhattisgarh (19TMC ) additional Border water
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Sl. Sub basin & operative Andhra Pradesh Chattisgarh Orissa No Agreement 13 SABARI (G-12) (i)56.63 Mm3 (2T.M.C) i)All waters upto Barunadi i) All waters upto Common Clause VIII of Agreement upto Machkund Project and 56.63 ,Mupari, Gorali Nadi, Boundary with CHH. between Mah AP & MP Mm3 between Machkund and Saileruvagu, Ordeltons And Dtd 19-12-1975 Balimela Dam. Janavagu Integrated Projects. ii)All waters upto Govindapalli, (ii)All remaining waters of Sabari Satiguda, Parasona-Palle and Clause G12 of Agreement Sub-Basin. ii)509.71 Mm3 (18 TMC) below Potteru Projects. between Orissa & MP Dtd Above Projects. 11-7-1979 iii)1132-68 MM3 (40 TMC) D/S Clause II of Agreement (III) 283.1 Mm3 (10 TMC) for of Above Projects. between AP & Orissa Dtd evaporation losses of the Power 15-12-1978 Projects iv)764.56 MM3 (27 TMC) below Above Projects.
(V)283.17 MM3 (10 TMC) for evaporation losses for Joint Hydro Electric Projects.
(VI)56.63 MM3 (2 TMC) between Machkund and Balimela Dams
Source: Interstate Aggrements.
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CHAPTER-II
AN OVERVIEW 2.1 Apex Council:
In pursuance of Section 84(1) of A.P. Re-organisation Act, 2014, the Central Government constituted an Apex Council for the supervision of the functioning of GRMB with Minister of Water Resources, Government of India as Chairperson and Chief Ministers of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh as Members.
Functions of the Apex Council :
Supervision of the functioning of the GRMB; Planning and approval of proposals for construction of new projects, if any, based on Godavari river water, after getting the proposal appraised and recommended by the Board and by the CWC, wherever required; Resolution of any dispute amicably arising out of the sharing of river waters through negotiations and mutual agreement between the States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
2.2 Constitution of GRMB
By the Resolution of the Central Government for the bifurcation of the then State of Andhra Pradesh into the States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, the Andhra Pradesh Re-organisation Act, 2014 was promulgated in Parliament and under the Presidential Orders, Ministry of Law and Justice published the Act vide Gazette No.6 of 2014 on 1st March, 2014.
Consequent upon bifurcation of the State, it became mandatory to share of water of both major rivers of Godavari and Krishna between the two successor States – Telangana and Andhra Pradesh as per allocations of GWDT, KWDT and ISWDA, 1956 and to look into the matters connected with projects on river Godavari of both the States.
In view of the warranted situation, in exercise of the powers conferred by Sub-Sections (1), (4) and (5) of the Section 85 of Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 (part IX), the Central Government constituted Godavari River Management Board with autonomous status under the administrative control of the Central Government vide Ministry of Water Resources Notification dated 28th May, 2014 for the administration, regulation, maintenance and operation of such projects, as may be notified by the Central Government from time to time.
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2.2.1 Constitution of the Board
In pursuance of Gazette of India Notified by Ministry of Water Resources, RD & GR dated 28th May, 2014, the Central Government appointed the following Chairperson and Members for Godavari River Management Board:
(1) An officer of the level of Additional Secretary to - Chairperson the Government of India from the Central Water Engineering (Group ‘A’) Service
(2) Two members, to be nominated by each of the - Members successor States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, of which one shall be the technical member not below the rank of Chief Engineer and the other administrative member to represent the concerned States.
(3) One expert from the Central Power Engineering - Members (Group ‘A’) Service .
(4) An Officer not below the rank of Chief Engineer - Member Secretary from the Central Water Engineering (Group ‘A’) Service
2.3 Headquarters
The headquarters of GRMB is at Hyderabad in the State of Telangana as per section 85(2) of part IX of Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act, 2014.
2.4 Organisation
In pursuance of Section 86(1), the Board shall employ such staff as it may consider necessary for the efficient discharge of its functions under AP Re-organisation Act, 2014 and such staff shall, at the first instance, be appointed on deputation from the GoT and GoAP in equal proportion and absorbed permanently in the Board.
2.5 Budgetary funds
In pursuance of Section 86(2) of the A.P. Reorganisation Act 2014, GoT and GoAP shall at all times provide the necessary funds to the Board to meet all expenses required for the discharge of its functions and such amounts shall be apportioned between the States.
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CHAPTER-III
FUNCTIONS OF THE BOARD
3.1 Functions of GRMB
3.1.1 The important functions of the Board, laid down in the Act are:
the regulation of supply of water from the projects to the successor States having regard to–– (i) Awards granted by the Tribunals constituted under the Inter-State River Water Disputes Act, 1956; (ii) Any agreement entered into or arrangement made covering the Government of existing State of Andhra Pradesh and any other State or Union territory;
the regulation of supply of power generated to the authority in-charge of the distribution of power having regard to any agreement entered into or arrangement made covering the Government of the existing State of Andhra Pradesh and any other State or Union territory;
the construction of such of the remaining on-going or new works connected with the development of the water resources projects relating to the rivers or their tributaries through the successor States as the Central Government may specify by notification in the Official Gazette;
making an appraisal of any proposal for construction of new projects on Godavari river and giving technical clearance, after satisfying that such projects do not negatively impact the availability of water as per the awards of the Tribunals constituted under the Inter-State River Water Disputes Act, 1956 for the projects already completed or taken up before the appointed day; and
such other functions as the Central Government may entrust to it on the basis of the principles specified in the Eleventh Schedule.
3.1.2 Principles governing the functioning of the Board, as applicable to GRMB, as per the Eleventh Schedule are:
1. In the event of conflicting demand of water for irrigation and power, the requirement of water for irrigation shall take precedence.
2. In the event of conflicting demand of water for irrigation and drinking water, the requirement of water for drinking water purpose shall take precedence.
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3. The allocations made by the River Water Tribunals with regard to various projects on Godavari River or for the regions of the existing State of Andhra Pradesh, in respect of assured water shall remain the same.
4. Allocations, if any, to be made on excess flows by any Tribunal in future shall be binding on both the States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
5. While the Governments of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh shall be responsible for managing natural calamities, the Board shall advise the two State Governments on the management of disaster or drought or flood in the river of Godavari, particularly in reference to the release of water for the management and mitigation of the natural calamities. The Boards shall have the full authority to get their orders implemented by the two State Governments promptly and effectively in respect of operation of the head works of the dams, reservoirs or head works of canals and works appurtenant thereto including the hydel power projects, as notified by the Central Government, on Godavari Rivers.
6. No new projects based on water resources arrived at based on appropriate dependability criteria on Godavari River can be taken up by the State of Telangana or the State of Andhra Pradesh without obtaining sanction from the Apex Council on River water resources. All such proposals shall be first appraised and technically cleared by the Board, before sanction by the said Apex Council.
7. Execution of ongoing projects and future new projects on Godavari River shall be the responsibility of the State Government concerned where the project is located.
8. In case of non-implementation of the decision by either of the States, the defaulting State shall bear the responsibility and shall face financial and other penalties imposed by the Central Government.
In the discharge of its assigned functions, the Board exercises the powers conferred by the Section 88 of the A. P. Reorganisation Act, 2014 and shall make its rules and regulations for the smooth conduct of its business.
3.2 Responsibilities of State Governments
The States shall extend full cooperation in close coordination with Member Secretary in the conduct of Board meeting, confirmation of the minutes of the meeting, and implementation of the decisions taken in the Board meeting and also in all technical matters related to their respective Governments.
The nominated Board Members from the State Governments during the year are:
1 Administrative Sh. Dr. S. K. Joshi, Member, Principal Secretary, I&CAD, (01.04.2016 to 17.05.2016) Telangana GoT, Spl. Chief Secretary, I&CAD, (18.05.2016 to 31.03.2017) GoT
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2 Administrative Sh. Adithya Nath Das, (01.04.2016 to 31.05.2016) Member , Principal Secretary, WRD, GoAP Andhra Pradesh Sh. Shashi Bhusan Kumar, (01.06.2016 to 31.03.2017) Secretary, WRD, GoAP 3 Technical Sh. C. Muralidhar, (01.04.2016 to 31.03.2017) Member, Engineer In Chief, I&CAD, GoT Telangana 4 Technical Sh. M. Venkateshwar Rao, (01.04.2016 to 31.03.2017) Member, Engineer In Chief, WRD, GoAP Andhra Pradesh
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CHAPTER-IV
BOARD SECRETARIAT
4.1 Establishment of the Office of GRMB
4.1.1 The following officials were posted from Central Government:
(i) Chairperson: He is the Head of the Organization, (ii) Member Secretary (iii) Member (Power) (iv) Chief Engineer
4.2 Functions & Powers
The functions and powers of Chairperson and Members are as under:
4.2.1 Chairperson
The functions and powers of the Chairperson shall be in accordance with the Section 88 (b) Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 and shall be approved by the Board. The Board has further decided as follows:
(i) Chairperson is fully authorised to use the amount deposited in Board’s bank account for the identified tasks. He can delegate the powers for operation of the finances within the Board Secretariat. (Resolution 1- SRD of 3rd Board Meeting) (ii) To delegate full powers to Chairperson to operate the approved budget for works as well as establishment component and empower Chairperson to delegate powers to Member Secretary to the extent of ₹ 10.00 Lakhs in each case. (Resolution 2 – SRD of 3rd Board Meeting) (iii) Chairperson is delegated with full powers to procure/ hire vehicles for the use of the Board and its Members/ Officers. The Type of vehicles to be hired, hire charges etc. shall be decided by the Chairperson. (Resolution 3 - SRD of 3rd Board Meeting)
4.2.2 Member Secretary
The functions of the Member Secretary, as per the Regulations- 2014, are as follows:
(i) The Secretary shall authenticate and communicate all orders, sanctions and decisions of the Board in the name of the Board under his signature. (ii) The Secretary shall present to the Board the draft Annual Report which shall include the audited account of the financial year for the approval of
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the Board. The Annual Report shall also include the water account of the previous water year. (iii) Any other functions as assigned by the Chairperson with the approval of the Board.
4.2.3 Member (Power)
The functions of the Member (Power), as per the Regulations- 2014, are as follows:
(i) He shall be head of the Hydroelectric Unit of the Board. (ii) He will assist the Board on all power and related issues. (iii) He shall collect all data related to power for policy formulation; monitoring and for preparation of Annual Report of the Board including power Account. (iv) Any other function as assigned by the Chairperson with the approval of the Board.
4.3 Incumbents: The incumbents to the posts of Chairperson and Members of GRMB during the year 2016-17 were:
Table-05: Incumbents of the GRMB
Sl. No. Designation Name Period 1 Chairperson Sh. Ram Saran (01-04-2016 to 31-12-2016) Sh. S. K. Haldar (Addl. charge) (01.01.2017 to 31.03.2017) 2 Member Secretary Dr. Samir Chatterjee (01-04-2016 to 31.03.2017) 3 Member (Power) Sh. Pradeep Kumar (12-04-2016 to 28-10-2016) Sh. A Balan (Addl. charge) (29-10-2016 to 31-03-2017) 4 Chief Engineer Sh. N. K. Mathur (01-04-2016 to 31-05-2017
4.4 Other Officers/ Staff of the Board
The supporting officers / staff from the level of Superintending Engineer to Assistant Executive Engineers and ministerial staff were deployed on diversion basis from both the GoT and GoAP. In addition, two Assistant Director - II were posted on informal basis from Central Water Commission. The total strength during the year was as given below: GoT -- 8 GoAP -- 11 CWC -- 2 21 Nos. (Organisation chart of Board Secretariat enclosed at Annex - D)
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4.5 Units of the Board Secretariat
The Board contemplated the following units for the functioning of the Board and incorporated the same in its draft Working Manual.
Administration and Coordination Unit Water Management Unit Planning and Monitoring of Works Unit Hydroelectric Unit Finance Unit
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CHAPTER-V
MEETINGS 5.1 Apex Council Meeting
The first Apex Council meeting was held on 21.09.2016 at New Delhi under the Chairmanship of Sushri Uma Bharati, Hon’ble Union Minister (M/o Water Resources, RD&GR). Shri K. Chandrasekhar Rao, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Telangana and Shri N. Chandra Babu Naidu, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh were present during the meeting as Members of the Apex Council.
The issue related to GRMB discussed was:
“Principles of sharing of Godavari waters diverted to Krishna”.
The Apex Council decided to constitute an Expert Committee to address the issues. Accordingly, the Ministry of Water Resources, RD & GR, constituted the Expert Committee vide Office Memorandum No. R/21011/10/2016-Pen.Riv/1178 dated 07.09.2016. The MoWR, RD & GR further re-constituted the Expert Committee vide office memorandum No. R/16011/2/2016-Pen. Riv/58, dated 09.01.2017.
One of the issue vide Para 2 of TOR of the Committee is: “Allocation of Godavari Waters being transferred to Krishna Basin in accordance with Godavari Water Disputes Tribunal Award, 1980”.
The composition of the re-constituted Expert Committee is as under: (i) Shri A. K. Bajaj - Chairman Former Chairman, CWC (ii) Shri D. K. Mehta - Member Former Chief Engineer, CWC (iii) Dr. R. P. Pandey -Member Scientist ‘G’NIH, Roorkee (iv) Shri Pradeep Kumar Shukla - Member Chief Engineer, CEA (v) Shri N. N. Rai - Member-Secretary Director (Hydrology), CWC
The committee visited Hyderabad and Vijayawada during 13-15 March, 2017 and held discussions with the officials of Krishna River Management Board, GoT and GoAP.
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5.2 Board Meetings
The 4th Board Meeting of GRMB was held on 16.11.2016 under the Chairmanship of Shri Ram Saran, Chairperson, GRMB at Conference Hall, 5th floor, Jalasoudha, Errum Manzil, Hyderabad.
Important decisions taken in the above meeting are summarized below:
The Board approved the following under item no.4.2.1
(i) Revised Estimate of ₹ 2.175 Crore for the FY 2016-17 (excluding expenditure towards infrastructure development for new office space). (ii) Budget Estimate of ₹ 6.50 Crore for the FY 2017-18.
Board agreed for deployment of Accounts Officer/ Audit Officer from Central Accounting Services like Accountant General (AG) office on deputation basis to handle the financial aspects independently as per GOI norms. (Item no.4.4.3)
Board Meeting
5.3 Parliamentary Standing Committee:
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Water Resources as a part of Study Visit visited Hyderabad on 04th June, 2016 regarding implementation of various Irrigation Projects in the State of Telangana to held discussions with officials from CWC and both GoT and GoAP. The event was jointly organised by KGBO, CWC and GRMB. The reply to the questionnaire was submitted to the Committee by GRMB.
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At the venue of Parliamentary Standing Committee
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CHAPTER-VI
ADMINISTRATION & FINANCE
6.1 Circular for deputation of Accounts officer
A Circular for filling the post of Accounts Officer/ Audit Officer on deputation from Central Government Departments/Agencies was issued in accordance with the approval of the Board in 4th Board Meeting. Selection of the candidate was under process.
6.2 Resolution for deputation of Officers/Staff
A Resolution representing GoT, GoAP and CWC for deputation in respect of officers/staff working in GRMB on diversion or informal basis from the GoT & GoAP and CWC was circulated for its implementation.
6.3 Infrastructure/ Office Accommodation
Infrastructure / Office accommodation for the Board was provided by GoT in 5th floor of Jalasoudha building, Errum Manzil, Hyderabad during the year 2016-17 and occupied by GRMB on 18-10-2016.
Office Corridor
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Chairperson’s Chamber
Member Secretary’s Chamber
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6.4 Vehicles
5 new vehicles were procured by the GoT from the Board’s funds and handed over to GRMB during the year 2016-17. The models of the vehicles: (i) 2Nos. – Innova Crysta 2.4 G Package: 7 Seater (ii) 2Nos. – Toyota Etios GD (F) (iii) 1 No. – Bolero ZLX MH 2WD 7S BSIV ACPS
New Vehicles
6.5 Deposit of funds in Board’s Bank Account
The deposit of budgetary fund into the Board’s Bank Account has been initiated by the GoT from 19.10.2016 and the Board started to operate the funds independently. Initially, a budgetary fund of ₹ 83, 45,079/- was deposited into the Board’s Bank Account by GoT for 2016-17.
6.6 Budget
BUDGET DETAILS
FY: 2016-17
Head of Account: 4700-01-230-11-05-500-503 Head of Account: 4700-01-230-11-05-510-512 (Vehicles)
Table-06: Budget details FY: 2016-17
Sl. Details of Budget Amount Remarks No. Budget Estimate approved by Ref: SRD of 3rd Board 1 ₹ 8,00,00,000 the Board for FY: 2016-17 Meeting Item No. 3.9.3
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Ref: SRD of 4th Board Revised Estimate approved by Meeting Item No. 4.2.1 2 ₹ 2,17,52,900 excluding Exp. towards the Board for FY: 2016-17 Infrastructure development for new office space. i)Deposit by GoT – Budget released during the 2,00,00,000 3 ₹ 2,00,00,287 FY: 2016-17 (ii)Excess amount paid by GoT - 287 (i)Expenditure by GoT Expenditure by GoT during upto 18.10.2016 – 4 ₹1,16,55,208 64,52,889 the FY: 2016-17 (ii) Vehicles- 52,02,319
Board started to operate the Amount deposited in Board’s funds independently from 5 ₹ 83,45,079 Bank Account on 19.10.2016 19.10.2016
Expenditure incurred from 6 19.10.2016 out of deposit in ₹ 25,87,987 Bank Account by GRMB Total Expenditure incurred 7 during the FY: 2016-17 as per ₹1,42,43,195 GRMB records : (4 +6)
8 Balance ₹ 57,57,092
Central Government Grant- in – 9 ₹ 10,000 aid for opening of current A/c
10 Total Balance as on 31.03.2017 ₹ 57,67,092
Budget Estimate approved by Ref: SRD of 4th Board 11 ₹ 6,50,00,000 Meeting Item No. 4.2.1 the Board for FY: 2017-18
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CHAPTER-VII
TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES 7.1 Development of Web Site
The website of GRMB (Phase –I) was developed with the assistance of NIC, Telangana. The Third party Security Audit of the web application was carried out successfully by Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) and the Security Audit Certificate was obtained . The activation of the domain name
7.2 Irrigation Projects
7.2.1 Kaleswaram Project:
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Pranahita-Chevella Sujala Sravanthi project report was submitted to CWC by the Government of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh State in the year 2010. It was stated by GoT that certain clearances from various Directorates had been issued, CWC has raised certain concerns in respect of water availability, capacities of online reservoirs and inadequacy of pumping capacities. Based on those observations and in view of inter-state issues with Maharashtra, GoT has re-engineered the project. After re-engineering, the original project has been divided into two components viz., Kaleswaram and Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Pranahita Project (Adilabad). The Kaleswaram and Pranahita projects are the off-shoots of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Pranahita- Chevella Sujala Sravanthi project, necessitated because of comments of CWC and inter-state issues with Maharashtra.
The GoT submitted DPR of Kaleswaram Project to CWC for techno-economical appraisal of the project in February, 2016. CWC desired GRMB to study the DPR for appraisal of the project as per provisions of the A.P. Reorganisation Act, 2014. GRMB requested GOT to provide a copy of DPR of the Project and no response was received. However GRMB gathered soft copy of DPR from CWC and preliminary comments/observations on DPR of Kaleswaram Project were communicated to CWC.
7.2.2 Correspondence on irrigation projects:
For discharging functions of the Board as per provisions of the A.P. Reorganisation Act 2014, GRMB requested both GoT and GoAP to provide details of the projects / DPRs of the new projects of their respective states, as mentioned below, which is still awaited.
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Telangana
1. Kaleshwaram project for lifting of water by construction of 3 barrages on river Godavari at Medigedda, Annaram and Sundilla and there from pumping to Yellampally barrage. 2. Tummudihatti Barrage on river Godavari. 3. Seetharama LIS on river Godavari. 4. Proposed to construct the following Barrages on Penganga river on river Godavari a) Rajapet (Bhimkund) b) Chanakha – Korta c) Pimpard– Parsoda 5. Barrage at Tupakulagudem on river Godavari. 6. Water Grid Project (Telangana drinking water project).
Andhra Pradesh
1. Pattiseema LIS 2. Purushothapatnam LIS
7.2.3 Correspondence on hydro-electric projects:
The Director (Hydel) APGENCO communicated to GRMB vide Lr. No. MD/CE (HPC & HP)/SE(HY-II)/350/F.GRMB/D.NO.360/16 Dtd. 05.07.2016 that GoAP submitted its stand regarding energy generation to the committee constituted by MoP, GoI. The final report of the committee was still awaited by APGENCO from MoP.
7.3 Reservoir bulletin
GRMB prepares the Reservoir bulletin of 7 Major reservoirs of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana on every Thursday by compiling the data from Reservoir Storage Monitoring System Website (http://cadarsms.cgg.gov.in/) for internal awareness. In future, it will be uploaded in website after hosting of GRMB website. The list of Major reservoirs is as given in the table below:
Table-07: List of 7 Major Reservoirs Sl.No Name of the Reservoir Gross Capacity (TMC)
1 Mogaligundla Baga Reddy Singur Project 29.910 2 Nizam Sagar 17.803 3 Sriram Sagar 90.313 4 Kaddam 7.600 5 Sripada Yellempally 20.175 6 Lower Manair Dam 24.074 7 Godavari Delta System 2.930
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7.4 e-Governance
With the aim of reforming Governance through technology, the Government of India is initiating different Digital India Components in Central Government offices through e-Governance by utilization of Information and Communications Technology (ICT).
The Digital India Components adopted by GRMB during the year 2016-17 were:
e-Procurement (e-GP)
Ministry of Commerce & Industry (Department of Commerce) has been nominated Nodal Ministry for implementation of e-Government Procurement (e-GP) Mission Mode Project (MMP). The vision of the e-Procurement MMP is “To create a national initiative to implement procurement reforms, through the use of electronic Government procurement, so as to make public procurement in all sectors more transparent and efficient”. GOI to commence e-Procurement of all procurements made with minimum tender value limit ₹ 2.00 Lakhs w.e.f. 01.04.2016.
GRMB initiated the process of e-Tendering through https://eprocure.gov.in/ during the year 2016-17.
e-Samiksha Software: e-Samiksha is a real time, online system for monitoring of follow-up action on the decisions taken in meetings held in the cabinet secretariat.
For implementation of the e-Samiksha Software in all organisations of the ministry, GRMB had nominated its Nodal Officer and communicated to MoWR for registration in e-Samiksha Software System.
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CHAPTER-VIII
WORKING MANUAL 8.1 Working Manual
The draft “Working Manual” comprising of functional aspects with additional details of approved Regulations 2014, some part of which will be dynamic information for discharge of functions as per provisions of A. P. Reorganisation Act, 2014, was prepared by the Board Secretariat and placed in the 4th Board Meeting on 16.11.2016 for discussion as an agenda item. After deliberations, the views / comments expressed by the GoT and GoAP were incorporated and Draft Working Manual was modified. A Special Meeting of the Board was called on 22.12.2016 to finalise the Working Manual of GRMB but the Meeting was postponed on the request of Member from GoAP.
8.2 Jurisdiction
In pursuance of Section 87 (1) of A. P. Reorganisation Act, 2014, the Board shall ordinarily exercise jurisdiction on Godavari river in the States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh in regard to any of the projects/ over head works (barrages, dams, reservoirs, regulating structures), part of canal network and transmission lines necessary to deliver water or power to the States concerned, as may be notified by the Central Government, having regard to the awards, if any, made by the Tribunals constituted under the Inter-State River Water Disputes Act, 1956.
The Board secretariat requested the GoT and GoAP to communicate the list of projects to be brought under jurisdiction of Board. Both Governments expressed different opinions. A draft notification for bringing projects under jurisdiction of the Board was prepared by the Board Secretariat and sent to both the States to communicate their views. The issue was discussed during 4th Meeting of the Board wherein Administrative Member GoT referred to their letter dated 07.11.2015 wherein their opinion was conveyed as below: “As per Section 87 of the Act the intention behind the notification of the Projects by the Central Government is to deliver the water to the successor states through these Projects having regard to the Awards mage under ISWDT Act, 1956. In the instant case neither any specified project wise allocation has made to the State by any Tribunal. Whatever allocations made to the projects now are by means of various Government Orders issued by erstwhile AP Government.”
Administrative Member, GoAP informed that they would furnish their views on this issue in 15 days time. However the reply from GoAP was not received during the year 2016-17.
The matter was referred to the Ministry of Water Resources, RD & GR for taking up action at Ministry level.
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CHAPTER-IX
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS, RTI, VIP REFERNCES & COURT CASES
9.1 Parliamentary Questions
Relevant material/ inputs for answering 2 Lok Sabha questions and 7 Rajya Sabha questions were furnished by the Board to the Ministry of Water Resources, RD & GR during the year 2016-17.
9.1 RTI Act, 2005
The Right to Information Act enacted by Parliament on 15th June, 2005 came into force on the 12th October, 2005. Accordingly, Godavari River Management Board has initiated the implementation of the Act by nominating Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) and the Appellate Authority.
Shri M. Ravi Kumar, Superintending Engineer was designated as Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) and Dr. Samir Chatterjee, Member Secretary was designated as Appellate Authority for the year 2016-17.
During the year 2016-17, GRMB furnished information in respect of four queries received from various persons/ organisations.
Table-08: Details of RTI Matters
Sl. Date of RTI Registration no. Name of the Subject No receipt from person MoWR 1 12-09-2016 Online RTI application Shri Musthafa, Information/ Address No.MoWRC/R/2016/50 Kerala about autonomous 334 dated. 09/08/2016 bodies/ Department/ Boards etc. 2 20-10-2016 Online RTI application Shri. Ashutosh BJP’s Election No.MoWRC/R/2016/50 Kumar Mishra, Manifesto for 2014. 411 dated. 03/10/2016 Delhi 3 19-12-2016 RTI application dated. Shri Ishank List of registered “A”, 02/12/2016 Bhatia, “AA” class contractors Rajasthan. in Water Resources Department. 4 25-12-2016 Online RTI application Miss Malti Regarding No.POMIN/R/2016/531 Devi Gupta, Departmental inquiry 71 dated. 26/10/2016 Rajasthan proceedings under CCS (CCA) rules.
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9.2 VIP References
GRMB furnished the relevant material/inputs to Ministry of Water Resources, RD & GR for answering three VIP references as below during the year 2016-17:
Table-9: Details of VIP references
Sl. Date of From whom To whom Subject No receipt of received addressed VIP references from MoWR 1 02-12-2016 VIP reference dated Sushri Uma Diversion of 03-09-2016 of Shri. T. Bharati, Honb’le Godavari water by Harish Rao, Ministry Minister for Water Polavaram Project. for Irrigation, Resources, RD & Marketing and GR . Legislative Affairs, Telangana. 2 09-01-2017 VIP reference dated Sushri Uma Continuing of Status 22-11-2016 of Shri. T. Bharati, Honb’le Quo position with Harish Rao, Ministry Minister for Water respect to for Irrigation, Resources, RD & Jurisdiction of Marketing and GR . Krishna Basin/ Legislative Affairs, Godavari Basin. Telangana. 3 16-02-2017 VIP reference dated Sushri Uma Continuing of Status 22-11-2016 of Bharati, Honb’le Quo position with Dr. S.Venu Minister for Water respect to Gopalachary, Spl. Resources, RD & Jurisdiction of Representative of GR. Krishna Basin/ Telangana State. Godavari Basin.
9.3 Court Cases
GRMB furnished Para-wise requisite information and other relevant contents for filing of counter affidavits in respect of writ petitions (4 Nos.) received during the year 2016-17.
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MISCELLANEOUS 10.1 SWACHHTA PAKHWADA
The Hon’ble Prime Minister of India launched the Swachh Bharat Mission on 2nd October, 2014 to accelerate the efforts to achieve universal sanitation coverage and to focus on sanitation to achieve Swachh Bharat by 2019, as a fitting tribute to the 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The Mission shall be to raise the levels of cleanliness in rural/urban areas by eliminating the bottlenecks that were hindering the progress in this direction.
To ensure a continuous engagement and higher awareness among the citizens, a participatory approach by government departments, institutions etc., for implementation of the Swachh Bharat Mission by carrying out theme-based Cleanliness drives at regular intervals was taken up by the Government.
Government of India has taken up Swachhta Pakhwada Programme from 16th March 2017 to 31st March 2017. In pursuance of MoWR, RD & GR directions, GRMB conducted Swachhta Pakhwada successfully with active participation of the staff and officers of the Board Secretariat with the motto “Clean Environs – Clean Psyche”.
During the programme, the following activities were taken up as per work plan: Table-10: Work Plan
Date Daily Activity i) Disposal of old news papers 16-03-2017 ii) Disposal of rough papers 17-03-2017 i) Cleaning of Almirahs, Wardrobes of all sections 20-03-2017 i) Cleaning of files related to all sections i) Cleaning of School premises - Govt. High School, 21-03-2017 Errum Manzil, Hyderabad ii) Cleaning of plantation area 22-03-2017 i) Cleaning of Office tables, chairs, AC machines i) Cleaning of Computers, printers, electrical Switch 23-03-2017 boards etc i) Cleaning of Water Body - Nakkalakunta pond, 24-03-2017 Madanapalli (V), Shamshabad (M), Hyderabad i) Cleaning of Photo Copier Machines 27-03-2017 ii) Cleaning of Sofa sets 28-03-2017 i) Cleaning of Office corridors, toilets i) Cleaning of walls 30-03-2017 ii) Cleaning of Window Glasses iii) Cleaning of Window Curtains 31-03-2017 i) Cleaning of Office premises
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Banner – GRMB
Pledge
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Government High School, Errum Manzil, Hyderabad
Before cleaning After cleaning
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Before cleaning After cleaning
Nakkalakunta pond, Madanpalli (V), Shamshabad(M)
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Officials of GRMB
Cleaning the Approach bund
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10.2 JAL KRANTI ABHIYAN
Jal Kranti Abhiyan shall be celebrated by Ministry of Water Resources, RD & GR to inculcate water conservation and management in the country through a holistic and integrated approach involving all stakeholders, making it a mass movement.
The Member Secretary, GRMB participated in Jal Kranti Abhiyan held on 7th March, 2017 at New Delhi.
10.3 India Water Week
Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Government of India organised 4th India Water Week during 4th to 8th April, 2016 in Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi with the Theme “Water for all: Striving together”. The event was a multi-disciplinary conference enriching the theme with dialogue by National and International community and exhibition ‘Water Expo-2016’ showcasing the technologies and solutions in water resources sector.
The Member Secretary, GRMB participated in the 4th India Water Week.
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Annex-C
Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Godavari River Management Board
REGULATIONS-2014
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 88 of part IX of Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act, 2014, the Godavari River Management Board (GRMB) hereby makes the following regulations, namely:
1. Short Title and Commencement
(i) These regulations may be called the Godavari River Management Board (conduct of meetings, powers, duties of Chairman and Officers of the Board and Service conditions of the Officers and Staff of the Board) Regulations-2014.
(ii) It shall come into force on such date as the Government may by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2. Definitions
(i) In these regulations, unless otherwise specified:
(a) "Act" means the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014. (b) "Board" means Godavari River Management Board. (c) "Chairman" means Chairman or Chairperson. (d) "He" means He or She. (e) "His" means His or Her (f) “Regulations" means, the Godavari River Management Board Regulations- 2014 made here under as per section 88 of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, (g) "Secretary" means Member Secretary of the Board. (h) “Expert (Power)” means Member (Power), and (i) “Rivers of Godavari” means river Godavari and its tributaries.
(ii) Words and expressions used and not defined herein but defined in the regulations shall have the meaning respectively assigned to them in these regulations.
3. Constitution of the Board
The constitution of the Board as per Ministry of Water Resources
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notification dated 28th may 2014 is at Annex–I.
4. Functions of the Board
The functions of the Board as per Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 are at Annex-II.
5. Transaction of Business
(i) The meeting of the Board shall be convened by the Chairman as and when it is necessary. A minimum of 4 meetings a year and at least one meeting in each quarter shall be convened. Of these, one meeting before and one after the monsoon shall be convened. Depending upon the requirement, special meeting can be called by the Chairman to discuss only urgent matters. The decision taken in case of urgent matters in such meetings shall be reported in the next Board meeting.
(ii) The meeting of the Board shall ordinarily be held at the Board Headquarters. As per Section 85(2) of Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 and Ministry of Water Resources notification dated 28th May, 2014, the Headquarters of Godavari River Management Board shall be located at Hyderabad in the State of Telangana. However, Chairman may take a view to hold a meeting at any other location.
(iii) The meeting of the Board shall be fixed by the Secretary under the order of the Chairman and the notice for the meeting shall be issued to the members at least 10 days in advance. In case of special meeting, the notice for the meeting shall be issued to the members at least 2 days in advance.
(iv) The Agenda Note for each item to be discussed in the meeting shall be circulated to the members at least 3 days before the scheduled date of the meeting. In case of special meeting to be convened, the agenda note shall be circulated at least 24 hours before the meeting.
(v) Any member can suggest any other item by sending a self-contained proposal on his behalf to the Chairman at least 2 days before the scheduled day for the meeting.
(vi) All agenda items placed before the Board in a meeting shall be discussed and the decisions taken be recorded. In the event of any agenda item deferred for the next slated meeting, the same shall be invariably decided. In general, no agenda item shall be carried forward beyond 2 meetings.
(vii) The decision of the Board shall be final and binding on both the States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
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(viii) In case of any dispute on the decision taken by the Board, the States have the option to approach the Apex Council within the ambit of Section 84 of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014.
6. Quorum for the meeting
(i) Quorum
The Quorum for the meeting of the Board shall comprise of Chairman and one Board member each from Government of Andhra Pradesh and Government of Telangana. If the meeting is postponed for want of quorum, the meeting shall be convened at any other time or date as decided by the Chairman. Even on that day, if the Quorum for the meeting is not fulfilled, Chairman may postpone the meeting and reconvene at a short notice in which case, there will be no requirement of the quorum which would be deemed to be fulfilled. There shall be no quorum requirement for any special meeting.
(ii) Voting
In general, all decisions taken may be by consensus; however, if voting is required to be exercised on any issue, all Board members shall have one vote each. In case of tie, the Chairman shall have the casting vote.
7. Power to invite experts or persons to the meeting
(i) The Chairman in specific cases may seek the opinion of the experts and will place the said opinion before the members of the Board meeting.
(ii) The Chairman may permit the Secretary or any other Member of the Board to furnish such information as may be required by the Board during the meeting. (iii) The Chairman of the Board may invite/ permit any officer of the Central Government or Government of Andhra Pradesh or Government of Telangana to attend any of its meeting and take part in the proceedings but such officer shall not be entitled to cast vote.
(iv) On any specific agenda item, the Chairman can invite any expert(s)/ person(s) to participate in the discussion during the meeting.
8. Minutes of the meeting
(i) The Minutes of the meeting of the Board shall be circulated by the Secretary to the members after the approval of the Chairman.
(ii) The Minutes of the meeting of the Board shall be placed in the next Board meeting for confirmation.
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9. Constitution of Committees or Sub-Committees
The Board may constitute Committee(s) or Sub-Committee(s) consisting of such number of experts or persons as it may think fit to advise the Board on specific matters and assigning the terms of reference, payments, time schedule etc.
10. Functions and powers of the Chairman
The Chairman shall be the Head of the Department and he will be the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Board. The functions and powers of the Chairman shall be in accordance with the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 and shall be approved by the Board.
11. Functions of Member Secretary
(i) The Secretary shall authenticate and communicate all orders, sanctions and decisions of the Board in the name of the Board under his signature.
(ii) The Secretary shall present to the Board the draft Annual Report which shall include the audited account of the financial year for the approval of the Board. The Annual Report shall also include the water account of the previous water year.
(iii) All functions as assigned by the Chairman with the approval of the Board.
12. Functions of Member (Power)
(i) He shall be head of the Power and Hydroelectric Unit of the Board.
(ii) He will assist the Board on all power and related issues.
(iii) He shall collect all data related to power for policy formulation; monitoring and for preparation of Annual Report of the Board including power Account.
(iv) Any other function as assigned by the Chairman with the approval of the Board.
13. Functions of Members from the State Governments
The nominated Board members from the State Governments of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana shall be part-time members of the Board.
14. Budget and Finances of the Board
(i) As per Section 86(2) of Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 the Governments of the successor States shall at all times provide necessary funds to
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the Board to meet the expenses required to discharge its functions and such amounts shall be apportioned equally between both the State Governments of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
(ii) The Member Secretary in consultation with the members from both the State Governments will formulate the budget for the next financial year and will place the same before the Board in the 3rd quarter of the current financial year. The budget as approved by the Board will be shared equally by both the state Governments of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
(iii) All funds and resources for Godavari River Management Board shall be provided by the Government of Telangana State and the funds shall be transferred to the Board’s Bank Account. The adjustment for the respective share of both the State Governments shall be made at the end of the financial year mutually by the two Governments.
(iv) A reserve fund of ₹ 10 crore for GRMB (₹ 5 crore by each State Government) shall be made available to the Board’s Bank account which shall be used with the approval of the Board. This reserve fund shall be reviewed by the board every three years and the amount will be enhanced as approved by the Board.
(v) The accounts of the Board shall be audited as per Government of India norms. The audited reports will be placed before the Board.
15. Secretariat of the Board
The Chairman, Secretary and Member (Power) shall be assisted by such units/staff/professionals as may be considered necessary by the Board for the efficient discharge of the functions under the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014. The modalities of filling such required posts shall be approved by the Board and will be sent to respective State Governments/ Government of India for filling such identified posts.
16. Jurisdiction of the Board
The jurisdiction of the Board shall be as per Section 87 of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act, 2014.The projects/part of the projects which will be brought under the jurisdiction of the Board shall be based on the following broad guiding principles. Besides, any other project deemed necessary for the purpose of implementation of various provisions of the Act, shall be brought under the Board.
(i) Project(s) where water is to be regulated for various uses by both the State Governments.
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(ii) Project(s) where only power is generated and is used by both the State Governments.
(iii) Project(s) where water is used by one State and power so generated is used by the other state.
(iv) Project(s) where utilization of water by one State will be affecting the allocation of water to the other.
(v) Project(s) desired by any of the two State Governments.
(vi) All categories of projects which will not be directly under the administrative control of the Board and are being operated/maintained by the respective State Governments shall be under the purview of the Board for the purpose of monitoring and water accounting.
17. Field formation of the Board
The field formation of the Board shall be drawn generally from the respective State Governments. The officers and staff required for the operation and maintenance of the projects or part of the projects under the administrative control of the Board as per Regulation No.16 above shall be identified in consultation with the Government of Andhra Pradesh and Government of Telangana. These identified personnel shall be under the administrative control of the Board and their services shall be placed by the respective Governments at the disposal of the Board. Any special allowance to be paid to such personnel shall be decided by the Board and such decision shall be sent to the respective Governments for information.
18. Responsibilities of the State Governments
For the efficient and effective implementation of various provisions contained in the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 in letter and spirit, the responsibilities of the respective State Governments shall be and not limited to the following:
(i) Supply of all historical data/information/operating procedures/Government decisions in respect of all categories of projects existing in both the States.
(ii) Supply of all data/information within the timelines as proposed by the Board.
(iii) All financial and other resources as required for the functioning of the Board.
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(iv) Implementation of all decisions of the Board in letter and spirit within the stipulated time frame.
(v) Ensuring law and order at all times in the respective jurisdiction of the States.
(vi) As per principles laid down in Para 9 of the Eleventh Schedule of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, ''in case of non-implementation of the decisions of the Board by either of the States, the defaulting state shall bear the responsibility and shall face financial and other penalties as imposed by Central Government."
19. General Service Rules
(i) All posts as identified under regulation No. 15 shall be filled by the respective Governments. The modalities and criteria of filling such posts shall be as approved by the Board.
(ii) The rules governing the services of such personnel shall be as per the rules of the respective Governments.
(iii) The disciplinary and vigilance aspects as recommended by the Chairman / Board shall be sent to the respective Government for time bound further necessary action. The actions initiated by the respective Governments shall be intimated to the Board. The outcome of such actions shall also be intimated to the Board.
(iv) Such person(s) against whom such actions have been recommended by the Board can be surrendered by the Board and respective Governments shall make available suitable substitute.
(v) The support services at the Board Headquarters, such as secretarial services, office subordinates, MTS, drivers, watch and ward, logistics etc., shall be provided by the respective State Governments to the Board out of the existing pool or by outsourcing such services, for whom the cost would be borne by the Board.
20. Appeal against the order of the Board
Any party or State aggrieved by the order of the Board can file an appeal before "Apex Council" against such order within one month from the date of serving such order to the concerned State Government(s) for resolving the same.
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Annex-I
Constitution of Godavari River Management Board (As Notified in the Gazette of India dated 28th May, 2014)
1. Constitution of the Board
The Board consists of the following Chairman and Members, namely:-
(a) An officer not below the rank or level of Member - Chairman Central Water Commission and ex-officio Additional Secretary to the Government of India from the Central Water Engineering Service (Group ‘A’)
(b) Two members, to be nominated by each of the - Members successor States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, of which one shall be the technical member not below the rank of Chief Engineer and the other administrative member to represent the concerned States
(c) One expert from the Central Power Engineering - Member Service (Group ‘A’)
(d) An officer not below the rank of Chief Engineer in - Member Secretary Central Water Commission from the Central Water Engineering Service (Group ‘A’)
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Annex –II
Functions of Godavari River Management Board (As per Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014)
The functions of the Board shall include:
(a) The regulation of supply of water from the projects to the successor States having regard to:–
(i) Awards granted by the Tribunals constituted under the Inter-State River Water Disputes Act, 1956; (ii) Any agreement entered into or arrangement made covering the Government of existing State of Andhra Pradesh and any other State or Union territory;
(b) The regulation of supply of power generated to the authority in-charge of the distribution of power having regard to any agreement entered into or arrangement made covering the Government of the existing State of Andhra Pradesh and any other State or Union territory;
(c) The construction of such of the remaining on-going or new works connected with the development of the water resources projects relating to river Godavari or its tributaries through the successor States as the Central Government may specify by notification in the official Gazette;
(d) Making an appraisal of any proposal for construction of new projects on Godavari river and giving technical clearance, after satisfying that such projects do not negatively impact the availability of water as per the awards of the Tribunals constituted under the Inter-State River Water Disputes Act, 1956 for the projects already completed or taken up before the appointed day ; and
(e) Such other functions as the Central Government may entrust to it on the basis of the principles specified in the Eleventh Schedule. (Annex-III).
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Annex-III
THE ELEVENTH SCHEDULE Principles governing the functioning of Godavari River Management Board.
1. The operation protocol notified by the Ministry of Water Resources with respect to water resources arrived at based on appropriate dependability criteria after the adjudication by the Godavari Water Disputes Tribunal shall be binding on both the successor States. 2. In the event of conflicting demand of water for irrigation and power, the requirement of water for irrigation shall take precedence. 3. In the event of conflicting demand of water for irrigation and drinking purpose, the requirement of water for drinking purpose shall take precedence. 4. The allocations made by the River Water Tribunals with regard to various projects on Godavari River or for the regions of the existing State of Andhra Pradesh, in respect of assured water shall remain the same. 5. Allocations, if any, to be made on excess flows by any Tribunal in future shall be binding on both the State of Telangana and the successor State of Andhra Pradesh. 6. While the successor State Governments shall be responsible for managing natural calamities, the Board shall advise the two State Governments on the management of disaster or drought or flood in the rivers of Godavari, particularly in reference to the release of water for the management and mitigation of the natural calamities. The Board shall have the full authority to get its orders implemented by the two successor State Governments promptly and effectively in respect of operation of the head works of the dams, reservoirs or head works of canals and works appurtenant thereto including the hydel power projects, as notified by the Central Government, on the rivers of Godavari. 7. No new projects based on water resources arrived at based on appropriate dependability criteria on the rivers of Godavari can be taken up by the State of Andhra Pradesh or the State of Telangana without obtaining sanction from the Apex Council. All such proposals shall be first appraised and technically cleared by the Board, before sanction by the Apex Council. 8. Execution of ongoing projects and in future new projects on the rivers of Godavari shall be the responsibility of the State Government concerned where the project is located. 9. In case of non-implementation of the decision by either of the States, the defaulting State shall bear the responsibility and shall face financial and other penalties imposed by the Central Government. 10. The irrigation projects which are under construction shall be completed as per the plan notified by the existing State of Andhra Pradesh and the water sharing arrangement shall continue as such.
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Annex- D
ORGANISATION CHART OF THE SECRETARIAT OF GRMB, HYDERABAD - 2016-17
CHAIRPERSON PPS
MEMBER (P) MEMBER CHIEF ENGINEER EXPERT SECRETARY
DIRECTOR (SE)
EXE. ENGINEER EXE. ENGINEER (Tech.) (Admin)
ACCOUNT ASST. - DY. EXE. ENGINEER / DY. EXE. ENGINEER ASST. DIRECTOR-II 2 NOS
3 (1+2) NOS
ASST.EXE. SR. SECRETARIAT ASST.EXE. ENGINEER ASST. -2 NOS ENGINEER - 4NOS
JR. SECRETARIAT ASST.1 NO
Note: Additional 3 Nos. MTS
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NIZAM SAGAR PROJECT
SIR AURTHUR COTTON BARRAG
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