Union Minister Patil Chairs Meeting of Ganga Flood Control Board in New Delhi

The 19th Meeting of the Ganga Flood Control Board (GFCB) was held at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi under the chairmanship of Union Minister of Jal Shakti, C. R. Patil. The meeting was attended by Suvendu Adhikari, Chief Minister of West Bengal; Ram Nath Thakur, Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India; Prof. K. V. Raju, Member, NITI Aayog ; Vijay Kumar Choudhary, Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar and Minister for Water Resources, Government of Bihar; Swatantra Dev Singh, Minister for Jal Shakti, Government of Uttar Pradesh; representatives of the Ganga Basin States; senior officials of the Central and State Governments; and representatives of the concerned agencies.

The Ganga Flood Control Board (GFCB) was constituted by the Government of India on 18 April 1972 to facilitate coordinated planning and implementation of measures to address flood, erosion and drainage problems in the Ganga Basin. The Board is chaired by the Union Minister of Jal Shakti and comprises representatives of the concerned Central Ministries and Chief Ministers of the Ganga Basin States or their representatives, with the Chairman, Ganga Flood Control Commission (GFCC), serving as its Member Secretary.

It provides a high-level institutional platform for strengthening Centre–State cooperation and coordinated flood management across the Ganga Basin. The meeting provided an opportunity to review ongoing initiatives, strengthen interstate coordination and deliberate upon emerging approaches for effective flood management.(UPDATED ON 29TH OCTOBER 2026)