Assam
CM Tarun Gogoi today sought PM Narendra Modi's intervention for
creation of the proposed Brahmaputra River Valley Authority by revamping
the existing. Brahmaputra Board.
GUWAHATI:
Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi has sought Prime Minister Narendra
Modi's intervention for creation of the proposed Brahmaputra River
Valley Authority (BRVA) and an IIM in Assam.
In a letter to the
Prime Minister, Gogoi sought the BRVA to be created by revamping and
restructuring the existing Brahmaputra Board within a short time frame.
Gogoi in his letter said the creation of BRVA was of paramount
importance to tackle the perpetual flood and erosion problem and
water-related hazards in Assam and the North East as a whole.
"We
are facing formidable challenges in flood and erosion management sector
due to non-implementation of integrated water resources management of
the complex Brahmaputra river system since long," Gogoi said.
A
chief minister's office (CMO) press release quoted Gogoi as also
writing, "Though Government of India had announced creation of the North
East Water Resources Authority (NEWRA) for harnessing vast water
resources of North East region in 2004, it did not materialise due to
objections raised by Arunachal Pradesh".
"Till this matter is
resolved, Government of India may constitute the BRVA to tackle the
flood and erosion problems in the region", he said.
A proposal for
creation of BRVA is under active consideration of the central government
and Assam Government has already placed its requisite views before
government of India during November 2012, the release said.
The
chief minister also urged the Prime Minister for early approval of the
Flood and Erosion Management Project of the Brahmaputra and Barak
Valleys by the ministry of water resources.
Gogoi further urged Modi
to facilitate the establishment of an Indian Institute of Management in
Guwahati. "A number of management and technical institutes and
universities have come up in the public and private sectors, including
the Indian Institute of Information Technology, IIT-Guwahati and NIT,
Silchar, in the past decade or so".
