Lok Sabha Question No. 2052 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-22
Subject: Flood Management
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Sangamlal Kadedin Gupta, Manoj Kumar Tiwari, John Barla

## 2052. SHRI SANGAM LAL GUPTA SHRI MANOJ TIWARI SHRI JOHN BARLA

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) the details of the action taken so far by the Government for the effective management of floods three years;

(b) the number of the existing Flood Assessment Centres set up in the country, State/UT - wise including Bihar and Uttar Pradesh; and

(c) whether it is a fact that the Flood Monitoring and Forecasting Department of Central Water Commi is making e xact and proper forecast and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI & SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA)

(a) The schemes for flood control and anti - erosion works areformulated and implemented by concerned States as per their priority. The Union Government supplements the efforts of the States by providing technic also promotional financial assistance for management of floods in critical areas. Governme nt  of  India  launched Flood Management Programme (FMP) during XI Plan for providing financial assistance to the State Go for taking up works related to river management, flood control, anti - erosion, drainage development, flood proofin works, resto ration of damaged flood management works and anti - se erosion works which was continued during XII Plan  and  further  extended  up  to  March  2021  as  a  component  under  Flood  Management  and  Border Programme  (FMBAP). State - wise  central  assistance  released  t o  States/UTs  under  FMBAP  during  the  last  three years is at Annexure - I .

(b) Central Water Commission (CWC) has established a flood forecasting network across the country flood forecasts at 328 locations (198 Level Forecast for Villages/Town on the bank of the rivers and 130 Inflow Forecast Stations for Dams and Barrages) in various parts of the country. There are 43 stations Stations in Uttar Pradesh for which forecasts are issued fortaking proper mitigation measures by respect iv  State Governments. The State - wise details are given in Annexure - II

(c)Flood Forecasts are evaluated on the following criteria -

Level Forecast: If the forecasted level is within +/ - 0.15 m of the actual level attained at the time of f thenthe forecast is taken as correct.

Inflow Forecast: If the forecasted inflow is within +/ -20% of the actual inflows attained in the reservoi forecast is taken as correct.

The overall accuracy of Flood Forecasts issued by CWC during the last 5 years is 94%, details are given in Annexure -III.

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI, DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2052

## ANSWERED ON 22.09.2020

## FLOOD MANAGEMENT

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2052 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 22.09.2020 REGARDING 'FLOOD MANAGEMENT'

State - wise central assistance released to States/UTs under Flood Management and Border Areas Programme (FMBAP) during last three years

Rs incrores

| S. No.   | States            |   2017- 18 |   2018- 19 |   2019- 20 |   Total funds released |
|----------|-------------------|------------|------------|------------|------------------------|
| 1        | Arunachal Pradesh |    21.18   |     0      |      0     |                21.18   |
|          | Assam             |   245.49   |   142.12   |     85.03  |               472.64   |
| 2        | Bihar             |    52.57   |   132.27   |     65.29  |               250.13   |
| 3        | Himachal Pradesh  |    87.5    |   162.6    |    176.41  |               426.51   |
| 4        | Jammu & Kashmir   |   119.17   |    55.0325 |     97.058 |               271.26   |
| 5        | Kerala            |    19.05   |     0      |      0     |                19.05   |
| 6        | Mizoram           |     0.48   |     0      |      0     |                 0.48   |
| 7        | Nagaland          |     0      |    10.84   |      0     |                10.84   |
| 8        | Uttar Pradesh     |   103.98   |    87.87   |     39.15  |               231      |
| 9        | Uttarakhand       |     0      |     4.63   |     35.58  |                40.21   |
| 10       | Punjab            |     7.4725 |     0      |      0     |                 7.4725 |
| 11       | West Bengal       |    65.03   |    89.3    |    117.12  |               271.45   |
|          | Total             |   721.923  |   684.663  |    615.638 |              2022.22   |

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO.2052  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA ON  22.09.2020  REGARDING  ' FLOOD MANAGEMENT'

## State - wise Flood Forecasting Stations of Central Water Commission

| S.No   | State             |   Level Stations |   Inflow Stations |   Total Stations |
|--------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh    |               10 |                10 |               20 |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh |                3 |                 0 |                3 |
| 3      | Assam             |               30 |                 0 |               30 |
| 4      | Bihar             |               40 |                 3 |               43 |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh      |                1 |                 2 |                3 |
| 6      | Gujarat           |                6 |                 7 |               13 |
| 7      | Haryana           |                1 |                 1 |                2 |
| 8      | Himachal Pradesh  |                1 |                 0 |                1 |
| 9      | Jharkhand         |                2 |                15 |               17 |
| 10     | Karnataka         |                1 |                14 |               15 |
| 11     | Kerala            |                3 |                 2 |                5 |
| 12     | Madhya Pradesh    |                2 |                10 |               12 |
| 13     | Maharashtra       |                8 |                13 |               21 |
| 14     | Odisha            |               12 |                 7 |               19 |
| 15     | Rajasthan         |                3 |                11 |               14 |
| 16     | Sikkim            |                3 |                 5 |                8 |
| 17     | Tamil Nadu        |                4 |                11 |               15 |
| 18     | Telangana         |                5 |                 8 |               13 |
| 19     | Tripura           |                2 |                 0 |                2 |
| 20     | Uttar Pradesh     |               39 |                 5 |               44 |
| 21     | Uttarakhand       |                4 |                 2 |                6 |
| 22     | West Bengal       |               12 |                 4 |               16 |
| 23     | Jammu and Kashmir |                3 |                 0 |                3 |
| 24     | NCT Delhi         |                2 |                 0 |                2 |
| 25     | Daman & Diu       |                1 |                 0 |                1 |
|        | Total             |              198 |               130 |              328 |

ANNEXURE REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PAR T  (c)  OF  UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 2052  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  22.09.2020  REGARDING  ' FLOOD MANAGEMENT'

Flood Forecasting performance from 2015 to 2019

| Year    | Number of Level Forecasts issued   | Number of Level Forecasts issued           | Number of Level Forecasts issued   | Number of Inflow Forecasts issued   | Number of Inflow Forecasts issued              | Number of Inflow Forecasts issued   | Total Number of Forecasts issued   | Total Number of Forecasts issued                            | Total Number of Forecasts issued   |
|---------|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|         | Tota l                             | Within +/- 15 cm of deviatio n from actual | Accurac y (%)                      | Tota l                              | Within +/- 20% cumec of deviatio n from actual | Accurac y (%)                       | Tota l                             | Within +/- 15 cm or +/- 20% cumec of deviatio n from actual | Accurac y (%)                      |
| 2015    | 3500                               | 3429                                       | 97.97                              | 572                                 | 562                                            | 98.25                               | 4072                               | 3991                                                        | 98.01                              |
| 2016    | 4969                               | 4891                                       | 98.43                              | 1270                                | 1057                                           | 83.23                               | 6239                               | 5948                                                        | 95.34                              |
| 2017    | 5085                               | 4975                                       | 97.84                              | 1212                                | 926                                            | 76.40                               | 6297                               | 5901                                                        | 93.71                              |
| 2018    | 4969                               | 4871                                       | 98.03                              | 1882                                | 1624                                           | 86.29                               | 6851                               | 6495                                                        | 94.80                              |
| 2019    | 6004                               | 5773                                       | 96.15                              | 3750                                | 2678                                           | 71.41                               | 9754                               | 8451                                                        | 86.64                              |
| Average | 4905                               | 4788                                       | 98                                 | 1737                                | 1369                                           | 83                                  | 6643                               | 6157                                                        | 94                                 |

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