Jal Shakti Ministry's water resources department reports its Special Campaign 6 figures

30 October 2026

The Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, which is part of the Ministry of Jal Shakti, has published what it achieved in Special Campaign 6. The campaign ran from 2 to 31 October and is coordinated across the Union government by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances. Its purpose is to clear pending files and references and to clean up government offices and their records. By 29 October the department had reviewed 9,650 e-files against a target of 6,443 and 8,452 physical files against a target of 7,724. It had cleaned 422 of the 371 sites it had set itself, closed 2,966 e-files and weeded out 1,980 physical files. Disposal of scrap earned Rs 78,45,064 in revenue and 1,441 square feet of office space was freed. Public grievances were 96.3 per cent cleared, while e-waste disposal stood at 45.8 per cent of target. Secretary Archana Varma reviewed the progress at a senior officers' meeting on 28 October and asked that the pending work be finished before the closing date.