Guwahati, May 19 -- Reported by Roopak Goswami

Guwahati: The Centre on Tuesday launched a nationwide State Water Reforms Framework (SWRF) while outlining an ambitious roadmap to transform the Brahmaputra Board into a technology-driven river basin organisation for the Northeast and West Bengal.

The announcements were made during the 14th High-Powered Review Board (HPRB) meeting of the Brahmaputra Board chaired by Union Jal Shakti Minister C. R. Patil in Guwahati.

Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, Minister of State for Jal Shakti Raj Bhushan Choudhary, senior officials from northeastern states, technical experts and stakeholders attended the meeting, which focused on river basin management, flood control and long-term water governance i...