JORHAT, Dec 24 - Union Road Transport, Water Resources and Ganga Rejuvenation Minister Nitin Gadkari will hold a high-powered meeting of the Brahmaputra Board with all the chief ministers of the northeastern states and West Bengal to review the functioning of the Board in the region on December 30 at Kaziranga National Park.
A press release issued by the Majuli administration this evening stated that Gadkari will chair the 9th meeting of the �High Powered Review Board� (HPRB) of the Brahmaputra Board at Iora Resort in the Kaziranga area. The chief ministers of eight northeastern states and West Bengal along with the Union ministers for finance, transport, power, agriculture are the members of HPRB.
The release quoting the Joint Secretary (Policy& Planning), Union Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and also the Chairman of Brahmaputra Board and Member-Secretary of HPRB, Sanjay Kundu, who is in Majuli, said the restructuring of the Brahmaputra Board would be discussed by the members.
The release further stated that other key issues to be discussed in the meeting will be assigning of works of development of master plans, survey and investigation and detailed project report for water resources in the Northeast to WAPCOS, a PSU under the Union Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.
The 8th and last meeting of the HPRB was held on June 19, 2016 at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
Earlier on December 29, Gadkari along with Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal will lay the foundation stone of the Rs 237-crore project � �Protection of Majuli Island from Flood and Erosion� taken up by the Brahmaputra Board at Rawnapar in Majuli, the release added.
The Union minister will also lay the foundation stone of the Brahmaputra Board Complex, costing Rs 40 crore, in the river island. The complex will include an office, residential houses, a guest house, a godown and a skill centre, the release said.
In the same function, Sonowal will lay foundation stones of 19 schemes for mitigation of flood and erosion in Majuli. The projects to be executed by the State water resources department will cost Rs 61 crore, the release said.