Task force on interlinking of rivers reconstituted

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ANI New Delhi
Last Updated : Apr 15 2015 | 3:42 PM IST

The Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation has constituted its task force for the interlinking of rivers.

It now comprises of experts and senior officials who will look into the issues relating to the interlinking of rivers in the country.B N Navalawala will be the chairman of the task force.

The experts are Sriram Vedire, Adviser in the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Prodipto Ghosh, former environment secretary, A D Mohile, former Central Water Commission chairman, M Gopalakrishnan, former Central Water Commission member and Virag Gupta, an advocate

The Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Water Resources, the Chairman of the Central Water Commission, the Director General of the National Water Development Agency and Joint Secretary (Finance) in the Ministry of Water Resources will be the other members.

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First Published: Apr 15 2015 | 3:28 PM IST

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