NEWS

Sixty Ninth Meeting of Governing Body of National Water Development Agency (NWDA) was held recently

ABOUT

• Agency of the Union Ministry of Water Resources.
• Set up in July, 1982 as autonomous society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860.
• Established to carry out the water balance and other studies on a scientific and realistic basis for optimum utilisation of Water Resources of the Peninsular rivers system.
• Tasked to prepare feasibility reports and give concrete shape to Peninsular Rivers Development Component of National Perspective.
• In 1990, it was also entrusted with the task of Himalayan Rivers Development Component of National Perspectives.
• Recently, the functions of NWDA have been further modified and the work of preparation of detailed Project Reports (DPR) of various link proposals and Pre-feasibility Reports.
• It has been also entrusted to prepare feasibility reports of intra-State links as proposed by the States.