Lok Sabha Question No. 746 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-07
Subject: Flood Management
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: MEENAKASHI LEKHI

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

## LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO. 746

ANSWERED ON 07.0 2.201 9

## FLOOD MANAGEMENT

## 746. SHRIMATI MEENAKASHI LEKHI

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

(a)  the  detailed  developments  which  have  occurred  under  the  agreement  between  Centra Commission and Google for effective flood management;

(b) the number of current flood assessment centres set up in the country, State/UT - wise;

(c)  whether  the  Central  Water  Commission's  flood  monitoring  and  forecast  dissemination  was  able  to accurately predict the floods in Kerala; and

(d) if so, the details there of by indicating the number of advance days in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

## ( SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHW AL )

(a) Central Water Commission (CWC) has signed a coll boration agreement with Google for improvin flood prediction system. As per the agreement, CWC and Google will share technical expertise of artificial intelligence, machine learning, geo - spatial mapping and analysis of hydrological obser vation data to collaborate on (i) improving flood prediction systems, which will help provide loc - targeted, actionable  flood  warnings,  (ii)  high  priority  research  project  utilizing  Google  Earth visualize and improve flood management and (iii) a cultural project to build online exhibition Rivers of India. The term of agreement is for three years.

(b) The l ist of flood forecasting stations maintained by Central Water Commission in the coun in Annexure - I .

(c) & (d) The water level data of flood monitoring stations maintained by CWC in the State were uploaded in the Flood Forecasting Website of CWC. Further, Daily Flood Situation Re - cum Advisories (DFSRCA), based on the Indian Meteorological Department ( IMD) rainfall predictions and the rainfall - runoff  models  were  being  issued  in  the  year  2018.  These  advisories  were  dissemina stakeholders including Kerala State Disaster Management Authority through Facebook, Twitter Management Group ofMinistry of Home Affairs. DFSRCA of 12 th August 2018 conveyed that

'Heavy to very heavy rainfall has been forecast for 13 th and 14 th August in above areas, this rain may  lead  to  rise  in  water  levels  again  in  river  Periyar,  Bharathapuzha,  Kabini, Cauvery  and  its tributaries. Since most of the dams are near Full Reservoir Level, maximum caution may b while releasing excess water to downstream areas especially near sea mouth where there is swell waves as warned by the Indian Nat ional Centre for Ocean Information System (INCOIS).'

This was issued 3 days in advance of the actual event of flood experienced in Kerala which started from  15 th August  2018 .  These  advisories  were  continued  till  the  end  of  the  flood  spell  ind ng  the districts affected as well as districts alerted in Kerala.

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 746 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 07.02.2019 REGARDING ' FLOOD MANAGEMENT '

| Table - 1: State - wiseFlood Forecasting Stations   | Table - 1: State - wiseFlood Forecasting Stations   | Table - 1: State - wiseFlood Forecasting Stations   | Table - 1: State - wiseFlood Forecasting Stations   | Table - 1: State - wiseFlood Forecasting Stations   |
|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                             | Name of State/UT                                    | Number of flood forecasting Stations                | Number of flood forecasting Stations                | Number of flood forecasting Stations                |
|                                                     |                                                     | Level                                               | Inflow                                              | Total                                               |
| 1                                                   | Andhra Pradesh                                      | 8                                                   | 9                                                   | 17                                                  |
| 2                                                   | Arunachal Pradesh                                   | 2                                                   | 0                                                   | 2                                                   |
| 3                                                   | Assam                                               | 29                                                  | 0                                                   | 29                                                  |
| 4                                                   | Bihar                                               | 34                                                  | 0                                                   | 34                                                  |
| 5                                                   | Chattisgarh                                         | 1                                                   | 0                                                   | 1                                                   |
| 6                                                   | Diu & Daman                                         | 1                                                   | 0                                                   | 1                                                   |
| 7                                                   | Gujarat                                             | 6                                                   | 6                                                   | 12                                                  |
| 8                                                   | Haryana                                             | 1                                                   | 1                                                   | 2                                                   |
| 9                                                   | Himachal Pradesh                                    | 1                                                   | 0                                                   | 1                                                   |
| 10                                                  | Jammu & Kashmir                                     | 3                                                   | 0                                                   | 3                                                   |
| 11                                                  | Jharkhand                                           | 2                                                   | 8                                                   | 10                                                  |
| 12                                                  | Karnataka                                           | 1                                                   | 9                                                   | 10                                                  |
| 13                                                  | Madhya Pradesh                                      | 2                                                   | 2                                                   | 4                                                   |
| 14                                                  | Maharashtra                                         | 7                                                   | 3                                                   | 10                                                  |
| 15                                                  | NCT, DELHI                                          | 2                                                   | 0                                                   | 2                                                   |
| 16                                                  | Odisha                                              | 11                                                  | 2                                                   | 13                                                  |
| 17                                                  | Rajasthan                                           | 0                                                   | 10                                                  | 10                                                  |
| 18                                                  | Sikkim                                              | 0                                                   | 1                                                   | 1                                                   |
| 19                                                  | Tamil Nadu                                          | 3                                                   | 10                                                  | 13                                                  |
| 20                                                  | Telangana                                           | 5                                                   | 6                                                   | 11                                                  |
| 21                                                  | Tripura                                             | 2                                                   | 0                                                   | 2                                                   |
| 22                                                  | Uttar Pradesh                                       | 38                                                  | 3                                                   | 41                                                  |
| 23                                                  | Uttarakhand                                         | 4                                                   | 2                                                   | 6                                                   |
| 24                                                  | West Bengal                                         | 11                                                  | 3                                                   | 14                                                  |
|                                                     | Total                                               | 174                                                 | 75                                                  | 249                                                 |