| S.No | Wings | Functions |
|---|---|---|
| (I) | Policy & Research: Secretariat of the ‘National Committee on Dam Safety’ and its sub-committees; formulation/revision of various guidelines, manuals, checklists, Research & Development, Public awareness and dissemination, vulnerability and hazard classification of dams etc.; |
(1) Maintain liaison with the State Dam Safety
Organizations and the owners of the specified dams for standardisation of
dam safety related data and practices, and related technical or managerial
assistance; (2) Lay down guidelines and check-lists for the routine inspection and detailed investigation of the specified dams and appurtenant structures; (3) Lay down the uniform criteria for vulnerability and hazard classification of the specified dams in the country, and review such criteria as and when necessary; (4) Lay down guidelines for review of design floods of existing the specified dams; (5) Lay down guidelines for review of site specific seismic parameter studies of the specified dams; (6) Promote general education and awareness in respect of dam safety; (7) Provide Secretarial assistance to the National Committee and its sub-committees; (8) Any other specific matter relating to dam safety which may be referred to it by the Central Government. |
| (II) | Technical: Directions on manpower, activities related to individual expert, matters related to experience and qualification of dam safety staff and official, accreditation of agencies for investigation, design, construction and quality control etc. |
(1) Provide the state-of-the-art technical and
managerial assistance to the State Dam Safety Organizations; (2) Maintain a national level database of all specified dams in the country, including serious distress conditions, if any, noticed therein; (3) Maintain the records of major dam failures in the country; (4) Give directions regarding qualifications and experience requirements of individuals responsible for safety of the specified dams (5) Accord accreditations to the agencies that may be entrusted with the investigation, design, construction and alteration of the specified dams; (6) Disqualify any agency for taking up investigation, design, construction or alteration of the specified dams, if it violates any of the regulations made under this Act; (7) Give directions regarding qualification and experience requirements of individuals responsible for investigation, design and construction of the specified dams; (8) Give directions regarding quality control measures to be undertaken during construction of the specified dams; (9) Lay down guidelines for preventive measures in the areas vulnerable to landslides in the vicinity of a specified dam under construction; (10) Give directions regarding competent levels of engineers in the dam safety units of the specified dams on the basis of vulnerability and hazard classification of such dams; |
| (III) | Regulation : Dam safety regulations; maintenance of log-books, instrumentation, hydro- meteorological stations, seismological stations, risk assessment studies, comprehensive dam safety evaluation etc.; parliament questions and parliament committee matters |
(1) For the purpose of maintaining standards of
dam safety and prevention of dam failure related disasters, discharge such
functions as related to implementation of the policies made by the National
Committee including making regulations on the recommendations of the
National Committee; (2) Give direction regarding maintenance of log books and database; (3) Give directions regarding instrumentation requirements and manner of their installation for monitoring the performance of the specified dams; (4) Give directions regarding data requirements of hydro- meteorological stations in the vicinity of the specified dams; (5) Give directions regarding data requirements of seismological stations in the vicinity of the specified dams; (6) Give directions regarding time interval for the risk assessment studies of the specified dams on the basis of vulnerability and hazard classification of such dams; (7) Give directions regarding constitution of independent panel of experts for comprehensive dam safety evaluation of the specified dams; (8) Give directions regarding time interval for the comprehensive safety evaluation of the specified dams on the basis of vulnerability and hazard classification of |
| (IV) | Disaster & Resilience : Resolution of conflicts between States/ dam owners; technical & managerial assistance to States/dam owners; investigation of dam failures and other public safety concerns; emergency action plan, preparation of annual report; |
(1) Resolve any issue between the State Dam Safety
Organisations of States or between a State Dam Safety Organisations and any
owner of a specified dam in that State; (2) Examine, as and when necessary, either through its own engineers or through a panel of experts, the cause of any major dam failure, and submit its report to the National Committee; (3) Examine whenever required, either through its own engineers or through a panel of experts, the cause of any major public safety concern in respect of any specified dam, and issue appropriate instructions relating to further investigations, operational parameters or remedial measures; (4) Give directions regarding time interval for updating the emergency action plans of the specified dams on the basis of vulnerability and hazard classification of such dams; (5) Establishment of an early warning system incorporating appropriate framework for the exchange of real time hydrological and meteorological data and information related to operation of reservoirs by the owner of a dam. (6) Provide coordination & overall supervision of dam rehabilitation programs that are executed in the States through central or externally aided funding. (7) Annual Report of the dam safety activities in the country to be laid before each House of Parliament. |
| (V) | Administration & Finance: |
All activities related to service matter of human resources, finance, vigilance, legal, Information Technology as well as any matter referred to it by the Central Government. |
| S.No | Regional Office | Name of States/ Union Territories |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northern Region | Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Chandigarh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh. |
| 2 | Eastern & North Eastern Region | Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura. |
| 3 | Western Region | Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu and Goa. |
| 4 | Southern Region | Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Lakshadweep and Andaman & Nicobar Island. |
