The State Government has constituted an empowered committee headed by the Chief Secretary to review various ongoing projects of Water Resources Department.
Commissioner Agriculture Production, Principal Secretaries of Finance, Planning, Narmada Valley Development and Water Resources departments, Chief Engineer Water Resources Department, Chief Engineer BODHI project and Project Director of World Bank project have been appointed its members. Earlier, a progress review committee pertaining to Water Resources Department was constituted under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary. The empowered committee has replaced the previous committee. The empowered committee will examine proposals regarding administrative sanction to medium and large projects of Water Resources Department, detailed project reports (DPR) for development of command areas of medium and large projects and implementation of development works.
The committee will sanction Water Resources Department’s financial tenders amounting to over Rs 50 crore upto Rs 100 crore. The committee will be empowered to enforce financial tenders of less than Rs 50 crore after seeking guidance from various levels, in case there is such need.