PATNA, Oct. 27 -- Union jal shakti minister CR Patil on Monday acceded to the request of deputy chief minister-cum-water resources minister Vijay Kumar Chaudhary to keep the headquarters of the Ganga Flood Control Commission (GDCC) at Patna.

The GFCC is a subordinate office under the Union ministry of jal shakti and its is tasked with managing floods across the Ganga River basin states.

Speaking at the 19th meeting of the Ganga Flood Control Board in New Delhi, Choudhary earlier strongly opposed the shifting of the Commission to Delhi and said that it was always in Patna and should remain there.

Choudhary said that since its formation in 1972, the headquarters of the chairman and members of the Commission was in Patna, which was recent...