To discuss issues pertaining to water resources in the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB), the Union Minister of State for Water Resources, River Development, Ganga Rejuvenation and Parliamentary Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal on Monday visited the BBMB Secretariat at Chandigarh.
During discussion with BBMB chairman DK Sharma and other senior officers, the Union Minister appreciated planned and effective operation and maintenance of BBMB projects.
Meghwal also appreciated BBMB efforts for optimal operation of Bhakra and Pong Dam reservoirs in order to meet water and electricity demands of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh.
He also acknowledged the BBMB’s initiatives on Swachh Bharat Abhiyan and corruption-free India, collectively at all its project stations.
The Minister also encouraged all officers, present there, to put in their best efforts for building a clean, poverty free, corruption free, terrorism free, communalism free India and contribute more for the New India Movement 2017-2022, initiated by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi.