GANGA FLOOD CONTROL COMMISSION (GFCC)
GFCC, a subordinate office of Department of Water Resources, RD & GR, Ministry of Jal Shakti with its headquarter at Patna was created in the year 1972 to deal with floods and its management in Ganga Basin States vide Govt. of India Resolution No. F.C. 47 (3)/ 72 dated 18th April 1972 and to work as secretariat and executive wing of Ganga Flood Control Board.
Ganga Flood Control Board is headed by Hon’ble Union Minister of Jal Shakti, Union Minister of State for Jal Shakti, Union Minister of Finance or his representative, Union Minister of Railways or his representative, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways or his representative, Union Minister of Agriculture or his representative, Chief Ministers of basin States or their representatives, Member, Niti Ayog as well as Secretary, DoWR, RD&GR, MoJS as members of the Board with Chairman, GFCC as the Member- Secretary of the Board.
The Commission is headed by the Chairman, who is assisted by two full time Members, four Directors and 75 nos. supporting staff. In addition, there is currently 04 work-charged staff. The representatives of the concerned Central Ministers as well as Chief Engineers of the basin States are part-time Members or permanent invitees of the Commission. Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, NCT of Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal are the Ganga Basin States.
Ganga Flood Control Commission (GFCC) Carries out several activities as outlined below:
- Preparation and updating of comprehensive plan of flood management.
- Techno-Economic Appraisal of Flood Management Schemes.
- Assessment of adequacy of waterways under roads and rail bridges.
- Programming of implementation of flood management works. Framing of guidelines for quality control and maintenance.
- Monitoring of all flood management schemes funded by Central Govt. and important flood management schemes funded by Central Government.
- Documentation and Dissemination of recommendation of special studies.
- Performance evaluation of completed Flood Management Schemes.