CR Patil takes charge of Jal Shakti Ministry ; Know more about this ministry here

New Delhi: Navsari Lok Sabha member and Gujarat BJP president CR Patil today took charge of the office of the Ministry of Jal Shakti in the national capital.

The ministry was conceived by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and formed in May 2019 by merging two earlier ministries – the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, and the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation.

The Namami Gange project, WAPCOS (a Government of India undertaking and consultancy firm), Central Water Commission, Central Ground Water Board, National Water Development Agency, National River Conservation Directorate, Brahmaputra Board, National Water Informatics Centre, Central Soil and Materials Research Station, National Institute of Hydrology, Central Water and Power Research Station, North Eastern Regional Institute of Water and Land Management, Water and Power Consultancy Services Ltd, National Projects Construction Corporation Ltd, Narmada Control Authority, Farakka Barrage Project, Upper Yamuna River Board, Ganga Flood Control Commission, Bansagar Control Board, Betwa River Board, Tungabhadra Board, Godavari River Management Board, Krishna River Management Board, Cauvery Water Management Authority, Polavaram Project Authority, Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal, Mahadayi Water Disputes Tribunal, Ravi and Beas Water Dispute Tribunal, Krishna Water Dispute Tribunal, Vansadhara Water Dispute Tribunal, Jal Jeevan Mission, and Swachh Bharat Mission are part of this ministry.

Jodhpur (Rajasthan) MP Gajendra Singh Shekhawat remained minister in this department for over five years ever since the formation of this ministry. CR Patil has today succeeded him. Tumkur MP V Somanna and Muzaffarpur MP Raj Bhushan Choudhary are Ministers of State in the Jal Shakti ministry. DeshGujarat