Lok Sabha Question No. 397 (STARRED), answered on 2018-03-22
Subject: Flood Forecasting Stations
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: PRATHAP SIMHA

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

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. *397

ANSWERED ON 22 . 03.2018

## FLOOD FORECASTING ST ATIONS

## *397. SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA

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

- (a) whether the Central Water Commission (CWC) is the nodal organization entrusted w the task of flood forecasting and early flood warnings in the coun try and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the number of flood forecasting stations established in the country so far, State - wise;
- (c)  the  number  of  stations  modernized  with  automatic  data  collection  and  transmis systems so far;
- (d) whether the Governm ent has decided to establish more flood forecasting stations as of  its  e - Surface  Water  Information  System  (e -SWIS)  for  timely  dissemination  of  flood forecast and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e)  the  number  of  States/UTs  including  river  basins  cove red  under  the  existing  flood forecasting network?

## ANSWER

THE  MINISTER  OF  WATER  RESOURCES, RIVER  DEVELOPMENT  AND  GANGA REJUVENATION, ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS AND SHIPPING

( SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GA DKARI )

- (a) to (e) A statement is laid on the table of the House.

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (A)  TO  (E)  OF  STARRED QUESTION  NO  *397  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  22.03.2018 REGARDING FLOOD FORECASTING STATIONS.

(a)  &  (b)  Yes,  Madam. Central  Water  Commission  (CWC)  under  the  Ministry  of  Water Resources,  River  Development  and  Ganga  Rejuvenation  has  been  listed  as  the  noda organization for flood forecasting in the country by the Ministry of Home Affairs (M National Disaster Manageme nt Authority (NDMA). Presently, there are 226 flood forecasting stations  consisting  of  166  level  forecasting  stations  for  villages  &  towns  and  60 forecasting stations for dams in the country. State - wise distribution of the existing 226 flood forecas ting stations is available at Annexure .

(c)  Out  of  226  flood  forecasting  stations,  126  flood  forecasting  stations  have modernized  so  far  with  automatic  real - tim data  collection  &  satellite  based  transmission (telemetry) system.

(d) Expansion of fl ood forecasting network is a continuous process. It has been planned expand  flood  forecasting  network  from  the  existing  226  stations  to  325  flood  forec stations by March 2020.

Flood  forecast  /  advisories  with  lead  time  of  24  /  72  hours  are  dissem inated  to concerned  beneficiaries  including  State  Disaster  Management  Authority  (SDMA),  Distri Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), Project Authorities, etc., in the shortest poss time  after  formulation  of  flood  forecast  through  email/  fax/  SMS  and website.  The dissemination  of  flood  forecast is  also  done  through  Online  Surface  Water  Information System (e - SWIS).

(e) Existing flood forecasting network of 226 stations of CWC covers 20 States & 2 U Territories and 19 River basins.

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Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) & (b) of S tarred Q.No. *397 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 22 .03.2018 regarding ' Flood Forecasting Stations ' .

## State - wise Existing Flood Forecasting Stations of CWC

| Sl. No.   | Name of States/UTs   | Number of flood forecasting Stations   | Number of flood forecasting Stations   | Number of flood forecasting Stations   |
|-----------|----------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | Name of States/UTs   | Level                                  | Inflow                                 | Total                                  |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh       | 7                                      | 7                                      | 14                                     |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh    | 2                                      | 0                                      | 2                                      |
| 3         | Assam                | 29                                     | 0                                      | 29                                     |
| 4         | Bihar                | 34                                     | 0                                      | 34                                     |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh         | 1                                      | 0                                      | 1                                      |
| 6         | Gujarat              | 6                                      | 6                                      | 12                                     |
| 7         | Haryana              | 0                                      | 1                                      | 1                                      |
| 8         | Jammu & Kashmir      | 3                                      | 0                                      | 3                                      |
| 9         | Jharkhand            | 2                                      | 5                                      | 7                                      |
| 10        | Karnataka            | 1                                      | 9                                      | 10                                     |
| 11        | Madhya Pradesh       | 2                                      | 2                                      | 4                                      |
| 12        | Maharashtra          | 7                                      | 3                                      | 10                                     |
| 13        | O dish a             | 11                                     | 2                                      | 13                                     |
| 14        | Rajasthan            | 0                                      | 3                                      | 3                                      |
| 15        | Tamil Nadu           | 0                                      | 10                                     | 10                                     |
| 16        | Telangana            | 4                                      | 6                                      | 10                                     |
| 17        | Tripura              | 2                                      | 0                                      | 2                                      |
| 18        | Uttar Pradesh        | 38                                     | 2                                      | 40                                     |
| 19        | Uttarakhand          | 3                                      | 1                                      | 4                                      |
| 20        | West Bengal          | 11                                     | 3                                      | 14                                     |
| 21        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 1                                      | 0                                      | 1                                      |
| 22        | NCT of Delhi         | 2                                      | 0                                      | 2                                      |
|           | Total                | 166                                    | 60                                     | 226                                    |