Lok Sabha Question No. 2641 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-02
Subject: Impact of Changing Course of Rivers
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: RAJIV PRATAP RUDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO. 2641

ANSWERED ON 02.0 8.201 8

## IMPACT OF CHANGING C OURSE OF RIVERS

## 2641. SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY

## Will the Minister of WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that the Government takes up issues pertaining to inter - S te river wa sharing and changing course of rivers in the inter -Stat council meeting;

(b) if so, the salient features and the guidelines for taking up issues pertaining to changing course of rivers along with their impact in the said meetings;

(c)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  changing  course  of  riv ers  Ganga  and  Sarayu  on  the border of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh has affected more than 25 villages in Saran district o Balliya district of Uttar Pradesh and if so, the details thereof; and

(d)  whether  the  Government  is  taking  any  action  and  holdi ng  consultations  with  the  respective States for coordination and to ensure that the villages are not inundated by floods due course of these rivers and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  FOR  WATER  RESOURCES, RIVER  DEVELOPMENT  AND GANGA REJUVENATION & PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS

## ( SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHW AL )

(a)  &  (b) As  per  the  Presidential  Order  dated  28.5.1990  issued  under  Article  263  o Constitution, the Inter - State Council is a recommendatory body and has been signed the duties of (i) investigating and discussing such subjects, in which some or all of the States or t one or more of the States have a common interest, as may be brought up before it; (i recommendations  upon  any  such  subject and  in  particular  recommendations  for the  better coordination of policy and action with respect to that subject; and (iii) deliberating upon s matters  of  general  interest  to  States  as  may  be  referred  by  the  Chairman  of  the Accordingly, s uch subjects which are referred to the Council by the State Governments are up for discussion in the meetings of the Council.  As the Council has not been assigned and responsibilities of 'inquiring into and advising upon disputes which ma y have arisen between States' as envisaged under Article 263 (a) of the Constitution, disputes between the States are not being discussed in the meeting of the Council.

(c) Erosion and deposition are natural processes of a river, due to which morphology of a river changes  with  time.  A Memorandum  of  Understanding  was  signed  between  IIT,  Roorkee  and Central  Water  Commission  to  carry  out  the  morphological  study  of  river  Ganga.  In  the shifting of the Ganga river is calculated on the ba sis of center line of year 2010. Center line of y 2010 is perpendicularly bisected at a regular interval of 2 km. The shift of left bank, center line in left and right directions has been computed for the years 1970, 1980, 199 w ith respect to year 2010 in GIS software. The details of the Changes in the Course of G of  Year  1970,  1980,  1990  and  2000  w.r.t.  2010  near  Saran  and  Balia  district  are  at Annexure - I . No study for assessment of change in course of Sarayu river is available.

( d) The  subject  of  flood  management  including  erosion  control  falls  within  the  purview States. The flood management & anti - erosion schemes are planned, investigated and implemented by the State Governments with their own resourc es as per priority within the State. The Unio Government renders technical guidance and promotional financial assistance to States.

The Government of India had launched Flood Management Programme (FMP) in XI Plan which was continued during XII Plan for providing Central Assistance to States for works relat to flood control, river management, anti -erosion, drainage development, flood proofing, restorati of damaged flood management works, anti - sea erosion, catchment area treatment, etc.

For 11 Ganga basin States on issues of common interest pertaining to flood manag aspects, Ganga Flood Control Commission (GFCC) holds  periodic consultation with stake h States.The  issue  of  inundation  on  the  border  of  Uttar  Pradesh  and  Bihar  on river  Ganga  and Sarayu was also discussed in the recently held 51 st meeting of GFCC  and States were sensitised on this issue

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c)  of UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2641 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 02.08.2018 REGARDING ' IMPACT OF CHANGING COURSE OF RIVERS '

E rosion and sedimentation area f rom remote sensing imagery have been calculated between 1970 & 2010  for  Ganga River, which are detailed below - : -

Erosion and deposition of Ganga river on the basis of extreme left and right banks

| Chainage (km)   | Erosion (ha)   |   Deposition (ha) |   Erosion + Deposition (ha) | Net Erosion/Deposi tion (ha)   | Remarks (nearby places in reach)   |
|-----------------|----------------|-------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| 0-50            | - 4289.32      |           724     |                    3402.12  | - 3565.32                      | 0-Farraka                          |
| 50-100          | - 5381.91      |          4658.13  |                    4093.43  | - 723.78                       | Shibganj                           |
| 100-150         | - 4145.91      |         10973.1   |                    3769.99  | 6827.22                        |                                    |
| 150-200         | - 3004.61      |         13231.6   |                    5450.95  | 10226.98                       |                                    |
| 200-250         | - 2118.45      |          9999.95  |                    4741.05  | 7881.50                        | Munger                             |
| 250-300         | - 1404.24      |          1063.55  |                    4103.81  | - 340.69                       | Begusarai                          |
| 300-350         | - 1580.38      |          5653.2   |                    1314.52  | 4072.82                        | Barhiya                            |
| 350-400         | - 1044.42      |          2161.91  |                    1150.81  | 1117.49                        | Near Patna                         |
| 400-450         | - 1628.96      |          1136.23  |                    2727.92  | - 492.73                       |                                    |
| 450-500         | - 2527.75      |          3941.74  |                    4106.6   | 1413.98                        | Ghazipur                           |
| 500-550         | - 1506.72      |          4675.85  |                    2309.24  | 3169.13                        | Simri                              |
| 550-600         | - 899.28       |          1694.85  |                     690.36  | 795.57                         |                                    |
| 600-650         | - 345.87       |          1764.76  |                     178.24  | 1418.88                        | Deoria                             |
| 650-700         | - 229.89       |           936.23  |                      28.98  | 706.35                         |                                    |
| 700-750         | - 236.53       |           492.82  |                     215.15  | 256.29                         | Mughal Sarai                       |
| 750-800         | - 263.38       |           553.54  |                      25.69  | 290.16                         | Mirzapur                           |
| 800-850         | - 227.29       |           471.58  |                      14.83  | 244.30                         |                                    |
| 850-900         | - 654.12       |          1298.49  |                     104.22  | 644.37                         |                                    |
| 900-950         | - 391.39       |          1376.94  |                     314.72  | 985.55                         | Allahabad                          |
| 950-1000        | - 706.26       |           947.45  |                    1511.31  | 241.20                         |                                    |
| 1000-1050       | - 197.71       |           361.38  |                     414.49  | 163.67                         | Mandwa                             |
| 1050-1100       | - 165.76       |           361.311 |                     351.58  | 195.55                         | Firozpur                           |
| 1100-1150       | - 1063.71      |           871.722 |                     910.69  | - 191.99                       |                                    |
| 1150-1200       | - 525.05       |          2864.53  |                    1154.23  | 2339.48                        | Mirzapur                           |
| 1200-1250       | - 1152.82      |           455.92  |                    2314.63  | - 696.90                       |                                    |
| 1250-1300       | - 889.097      |          1210.67  |                    1264.69  | 321.57                         |                                    |
| 1300-1350       | - 414.813      |          4096.74  |                    1131.72  | 3681.93                        |                                    |
| 1350-1400       | - 1325.17      |          2360.23  |                    2797.69  | 1035.06                        |                                    |
| 1400-1450       | - 1044.87      |          7105.65  |                    1650.49  | 6060.78                        |                                    |
| 1450-1500       | - 622.398      |          3782.85  |                     489.507 | 3160.46                        |                                    |
| 1500-1550       | - 662.921      |          2399.16  |                    1293.33  | 1736.25                        |                                    |
| 1550-1600       | - 698.62       |          2399.16  |                    1287.41  | 1700.55                        |                                    |
| 1600-1650       | - 1409.39      |          2495.08  |                    2864.4   | 1085.70                        |                                    |
| 1650-1700       | - 1169.68      |          6602.27  |                    3113.24  | 5432.59                        | Bijnor                             |
| 1700-1750       | - 745.495      |          1816.87  |                     999.016 | 1071.38                        | Haridwar                           |
| 1750-1800       | - 26.13        |           149.78  |                      61.71  | 123.65                         | Rishikesh                          |
| 1800-1824       | - 0.62         |             4.3   |                       1.636 | 3.68                           | 1824-Devprayag                     |
| Total           | -44700.92      |        107094     |                   62354.4   | 62392.68                       |                                    |