Overview
- At the 14th High-Powered Review Board meeting in Guwahati on Tuesday, Union Jal Shakti Minister C. R. Patil launched the State Water Reforms Framework with 75 indicators and set state implementation by December 31, 2026, with reports due January 31, 2027.
- Officials identified 76 basins and sub-basins across the Brahmaputra and Barak systems for master plans built with GIS mapping, LiDAR surveys and remote sensing to guide flood, erosion and drainage works.
- Ports, Shipping and Waterways Minister Sarbananda Sonowal announced a plan to invest nearly Rs 4,800 crore over five years in Northeastern inland waterways to add community jetties, cruise terminals, dredgers, vessels and urban water transport.
- The board reviewed steps to modernise the Brahmaputra Board into a technology-driven river-basin organisation, strengthen the NEHARI research institute and redevelop the Board’s Basistha campus to support digital monitoring and planning.
- In a linked review of regional capacity, Patil chaired NERIWALM’s governing body meeting, which reported 71 trainings for over 2,800 participants and studies on livelihoods of families displaced by riverbank erosion in the Brahmaputra Valley.