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Ministry of
Water Resources,
Govt. of India
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Ganga Flood Control Commission (GFCC), a subordinate
office of Ministry of Water Resources, 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, as secretariat and executive wing of Ganga Flood Control Board,
headed by Hon'ble Union Minister of Water Resources, Chief Ministers of
basin States or their representative and Members, Planning Commission, are
the members of the Board. Chairman, GFCC acts as the Member-Secretary of
the Board.
The Commission is headed by a Chairman, who is
assisted by two full time Members, four Directors and 94 nos. of supporting
staff. The representatives of the concerned Central Ministries as well as
Chief Engineers of the basin States are either part-time Members or permanent
invitees of the Commission.
Ganga Basin States
Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh,
NCT of Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttranchal, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal are the
Ganga Basin States. Click here to learn
more about it.
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