30/07/2026
Meeting with the Additional Secretary-cum-Chief Engineer (West), WRD
On 22 July 2026, Shri T.B.N. Singh, Member (Innovation & Rejuvenation), CGWB, CHQ, Faridabad, held a meeting with the Additional Secretary-cum-Chief Engineer (West), Water Resources Department, Government of Rajasthan, at Indira Gandhi Nahar Bhawan, Jaipur (Rajasthan). Dr. R.K. Kushwaha, Regional Director, Western Region, CGWB, Dr. Rakesh Singh, Scientist тАШDтАЩ, CGWB, WR, Jaipur, Sh. Jitesh Tatiwal, Scientist тАШCтАЩ, CGWB, WR, Jaipur, Dr. Shailendra Singh, Scientist тАШBтАЩ, CGWB, WR, Jaipur, Sh. Sumit Kumar, Asstt. Executive Engineer & HOO, CGWB, Div. XI., Jodhpur, Sh. Gaurav Katiar, Asstt. Engineer, CGWB, Div. XI., Jodhpur, Sh. Sagar Sharma, Deputy Chief Engineer, WAPCOS Ltd, Jaipur, Sh. Arun Kumar Sidana, Chief Engineer, (WR), WRD, Jodhpur, Ms Komal, Executive Engineer, WRD, Jodhpur also attended the meeting.
The meeting was convened to discuss the modalities and initiate the process for handing over the Zoned Earth-fill Dam with Clay Core at Indroka (Block Keru) and the Concrete Gravity Dam at Bastawa Mata (Block Balesar), constructed in Jodhpur district under Phase-I of the Artificial Recharge (AR) Project, Rajasthan. The discussions focused on the procedural requirements, inter-departmental coordination, and the roadmap for the smooth transfer of these assets to the Government of Rajasthan.