- To initiate morphological studies to visualise river behaviour, bank

erosion/coastal erosion problems and advise the Central and State

Governments on all such matters;

- To conduct experiments, research and to carry out such other activities as will
promote economic and optimum utilization of water resources; and

- To promote and create mass awareness in the progress and achievement

made by the country in the water resources development, use and
conservation.

1.4 REGIONAL OFFICES

In order to achieve better results in the Water Resources Sector and

have better coordination with State Government departments, CWC has
established regional offices. It has 13 regional offices, each headed by a Chief
Engineer. The offices are located at Bangalore, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar,
Chandigarh, Coimbatore, Delhi, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Nagpur, Patna,
Shillong, Siliguri and Vadodara. In addition, for training of Central and State
in-service engineers, CWC also has a National Water Academy located at
Pune.

1.5 PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

The staff strength of CWC in position as on 31.12.2003 was 4463 as

against the sanctioned posts of 5391. The details of posts (sanctioned and
filled) at the headquarters and at the field offices are given in Table 1.1.
Summary of sanctioned and filled posts in different groups is given in Table
1.2.

Table 1.1
STAFF STRENGTH

Category Sanctioned Filled

Headquarters 2074
4463
Field 3317
Total 5391 4463

Table 1.2
GROUP-WISE DETAILS OF POSTS SANCTIONED AND FILLED

Sl. No. Category Sanctioned Filled

1. Group “A” 698 553
2. Group “B” 480 445
3. Group “B” 516 375
(Non. Gazetted)
4. Group “C” 2634 2171
5. Group “D” 1063 919
Total 5391 4463