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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-24072025-264944
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 3319]
NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, JULY 24, 2025/SHRAVANA 2, 1947
MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 22nd July, 2025
S.O. 3395(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Dam Safety Act,
2021 (41 of 2021), the Central Government hereby constitutes the National Committee on Dam Safety and appoints the
date of publication of notification as the date on which the said committee shall come into force, with the following
members, namely: -
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| 5.1(a) | (1) | Chairman, Central Water Commission, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India; | Chairperson, ex |
| | | | officio |
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| 5.1(b) | (2) | Chairman, National Dam Safety Authority; | Member, ex officio |
| | (3) | Member (Design and Research), Central Water Commission, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India; | Member, ex officio |
| | (4) | Member (Hydro), Central Electricity Authority, Ministry of Power, Government of India; | Member, ex officio |
| | (5) | Representative of Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government | Member, ex officio |
| | | of India not below the rank of Joint Secretary; | |
| | (6) | Representative of National Disaster Management Authority, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India not below the rank of | Member, ex officio |
| | | Joint Secretary; | |
| | (7) | Representative of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, not below the rank of Joint Secretary, Government of | Member, ex officio |
| | | India; | |
| | (8) | Director General, India Meteorological Department, Ministry of Earth Science, Government of India; | Member, ex officio |
| | (9) | Director General, Geological Survey of India, Ministry of Mines, Government of India; | Member, ex officio |
| | (10) | Director, National Remote Sensing Centre, Department of Space, Indian Space Research Organisation, Government of India; | Member, ex officio |
| | (11) | Director, National Geophysical Research Institute, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India; | Member, ex officio |
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| 5.1(c) | (12) | Seven representatives of the level of Engineer-in-chief or equivalent from the following State Government: | Member, ex officio |
| | | (i)Karnataka | |
| | | (ii) Punjab | |
| | | (iii) Assam | |
| | | (iv) Mizoram | |
| | | (v) Odisha | |
| | | (vi) Maharashtra | |
| | | (vii) Uttar Pradesh | |
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| 5.1(d) | (13) | Following three specialists in the field of dam safety and allied fields: | Member |
| | | (i) Shri S K Sibal, Ex Member (Designs and Research), Central Water Commission | |
| | | (ii) Shri Vivek P. Kapadia, Ex Secretary, Water Resources Department, Gujarat | |
| | | (iii) Dr. Georges Darbre, former Commissioner, Dam Safety, Switzerland | |
| | (14) | Member (Policy and Research), National Dam Safety Authority, Government of India. | Secretary |
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(2) The National Committee may invite the representative of the States, Union territories, owner of any specified dam
and such other experts in dam safety (including international experts) as it may consider appropriate for the discharge
of its functions under sub-section (2) of section (7) of the said Act.
(3) The above composition of National Committee on Dam Safety shall be in force for three years from the date of this
Notification, and thereafter the committee shall be re-constituted.
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PRADEEP KUMAR AGRAWAL, Jt. Secy.
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