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 th 5 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 <grmb.gov.in > was under process at NIC for hosting of web site. First Apex Council meeting was held on 21.09.2016 at New Delhi wherein discussions were held on “Principles of sharing of Godavari water to Krishna”. 4th Board Meeting was held on 16.11.2016 under the Chairmanship of Shri Ram Saran, Chairperson, GRMB. The preliminary comments/observations on DPR of Kaleswaram Project were communicated to CWC. (i) 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) (ii) 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 (iii) 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. (v) 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.