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Central Water Commission is a premier
Technical Organization in the country in the field of
Water Resources since 1945 and is presently functioning
as an attached office of the Ministry of Water Resources.
The Commission is charged with the general responsibilities
of initiating, coordinating and furthering in consultation
of the State Governments concerned, schemes for control,
conservation and utilization of water resources throughout
the country, for purpose of Flood Control, Irrigation,
Navigation, Drinking Water Supply and Water Power Development.
It also undertakes the investigations, construction
and execution of any such schemes as required.
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Under
the existing organizational setup, the Central Water
Commission is headed by a Chairman who also holds the
status of Ex-officio Secretary to the Government of
India. It has three Technical Wings, namely :
Designs and Research Wing
Water Planning and Projects Wing
River Management Wing
Each of the above wings is headed
by an Engineering Officer designated as Member with
the Ex-Officio status of Additional Secretary to the
Government of India. Members are assisted by officers
of the rank of Chief Engineer, Director/Superintending
Engineer, Deputy Director/Executive Engineer, Assistant
Director/Assistant Executive Engineer and other Engineering
and non-Engineering supporting staff in discharging
the responsibilities assigned to the respective wings.
A Human Resources Management Unit headed by a Chief
Engineer looks after administrative and accounts matters,
overall technical coordination, training of officers
and staff of the Commission and vigilance matters. In
addition, a Central Training Unit located at Pune and
headed by a Chief Engineer conducts training courses
for the inservice engineers of Central and State Governments.
To bring this National Organization closer to the States
thirteen Regional Field Organizations have been established
at Bangalore, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Chandigarh, Coimbatore/Chennai,
Delhi, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Nagpur, Patna, Shillong,
Siliguri and Vadodara, each headed by a Chief Engineer.
The Commission has a staff strength of around 6000 of
which about 3800 are in the field organizations, in
addition to a large number of work charged staff.
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