Lok Sabha Question No. 4053 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-10
Subject: Flood Warning Centres
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: GAJANAN CHANDRAKANT KIRTIKAR, SUNIL BALIRAM GAIKWAD, KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH, BANSHILAL MAHTO, T. RADHAKRISHNAN, ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN, VIJAY KUMAR S.R., BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO, SUDHEER GUPTA

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

## LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO. 4053

ANSWERED ON 10 .0 8.201 7

## FLOOD WARNING CENTRE S

4053. SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH SHRI T. RADHAKRISHNAN SHRI S.R. VIJAYAKUMAR SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA

DR. SUNIL BALIRAM GAIKWAD DR. BANSHILAL MAHATO SHRI ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO

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

- (a) whet her early flood warning centres have been established in the country and if so, the thereof along with the names of the rivers selected for the purpose;
- (b) the technology/system being used by Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) for the pu of flood management including early flood warning along with its comparison with internat standards;
- (c) the names of the rivers where such technology/system is being used and the names of the Meteorological Offices in which IMD provides specific requirements of flood forecasting;
- (d) whether average error in IMD's flood management including early flood w arning has come down during each of the last three years and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the measures taken/being taken by the Government to update the IMD system as well as avoid inaccurate predictions by IMD?

## ANSWER

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

## (DR. SANJEEV KUMAR BALYAN)

- (a) Divisional Flood Control Rooms (DFCRs) at regional level for monitoring flood situat issuing forecasts have been set up by Central Water Commission (CWC) which work on 24x7 basis during 1 st May/ June to 31 st October/ December every year. Central Flood Control Room (CFCR) has  been  set  up  at  CWC  HQ  in  New  Delhi  which  works  on  24x7  basis  during  1 st May  to  31 st December every  year. CFCR monitors the flood situation at national level and also fac generate three days flood advisory.
- (b) The remote sensing data (Rainfall, Topography, Land - use/ Land - cover etc.) and Information System are being used in mathematicalmodeling for flood forecasting

Geographical under flood Contd…p/2

management  activity  of  CWC. Generation  of Quantitative  Precipitation  Forecast  (QPF) currently used at 146 river - basins of India for assessing the flood inundation scenario by CWC is at the global standards.

(c) The  said  technology  is  being  used  for  Indus  and  its  tributaries,  Ganga  &  its  t Brahmaputra &its tributaries, Barak system, Subarnarekha, Brahmani & Baitarani, Narmada, Mahi, Sabarmati, Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna, West flowing rivers Kutch, Saurashtra and Tadri, Cauvery and its tributaries, Pennar and East flowing rivers Mahanadi t o Pennar and Pennar to Kanyakumari.In order to meet specific requirements of flood forecasting, which is pro Central Water Commission, India Meteorological Department (IMD) operates Flood Meteorolog Offices (FMOs) at thirteen locations viz., A gra, Ahmedabad, Asansol, Bhubaneshwar, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jalpaiguri, Lucknow, New Delhi, Patna, Srinagar, Bangaluru and Chennai. Apart this, IMD also supports Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) by providing Quantitative Precip Forecast (QPF) f or Damodar river basin areas for their flood forecasting activities. During season,  FMOs  provide  valuable  meteorological  support  to  CWC  for  issuing  flood  warnin respect of the 43 rivers of India covering 146 river - basins. CWC is working in c lose association with IMD and State Governments for timely flood forecast whenever the river water level ris warning level.

(d) In recent years, IMD has been able to correctly predict several extreme weather an events like heavy rainfall etc. which causes floods.

(e) India  Meteorological  Department  (IMD)  has  continued  its  efforts  for  the  improvem observing,  warning  and  dissemination  systems  more  vigorously  in  recent  years.    The  i services rendered in respect of very short (up to 6 hours), short (up to 3 -days in advance), medium (up to 7 - 10  days  in  advance),  extended (up to 15 - days  in  advance), long (monthly and seasonal) range  and  severe  weather  (cyclone,  thunderstorms,  extreme  rainfall)  forecasts  have  bee meet the demands of the user agencies, disaster managers, emergency response groups an stakeholders in an organized manner.

*****