Lok Sabha Question No. 1667 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-20
Subject: Flood Prone Areas
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: SIRAJUDDIN AJMAL

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

## LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO. 1667

ANSWERED ON 20.12 .201 8

## FLOOD PRONE AREAS

## 1667. SHRI SIRAJUDDIN AJMAL

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

(a) whether the Government has conducted or is proposing to conduct survey on flood areas across the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof and th e districts identified as flood - prone in the country including Assam, State/UT - wise; and

(c) the steps taken by the Government for development of such areas?

## ANSWER

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

## ( SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHW AL )

(a) & (b) The Rashtriya Barh Ayog (RBA) estimated the total area liable to floods in the c as 40 Million Hectare (mha). The extent of maximum area affected by floods in any year 1953- 2010 as pe r the Working Group on Flood Management and Region Specific Issues for XII Plan is 49.815 mha, the State - wise break up of which is given at Annexure - I .

In 2006, a Committee, headed by Chairman, Ganga Flood Control Commission (GFCC), Patna, identified 39 districts in India as flood prone, out of which 9 districts were flood prone in Assam. The name of the districts identified as flood - prone in the country by the said Committee is at Annex ure- II .

For  scientific  assessment  of  flood  prone  areas  in  India,  Ministry  has  consti Expert Committee under Chairman, Central Water Commission (CWC), New Delhi. The Expert Committee has constituted Regional Committees for each States/ UTs with Principal Secretaries of Water Resources Department as its Chairman and Regional Chief Engineer/Director of C as its Member - Secretary. The mandate of the Regional Committees is to identify, demarcate classify  the  flood  prone  areas  in  their  r espective  State/UT  based  on  the  methodology, classification and criteria finalized by the Expert Committee.

(c) 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 resources as per priority within th The Union Government supplements the efforts of the States by way of technical guidanc promotional finan cial assistance to the States in critical areas.

Government of India launched a Flood Management Programme (FMP) during XI Plan for providing central assistance to the State Governments for taking up works related management, flood con trol, anti - erosion, drainage development, flood proofing works, restoration  of  damaged  flood  management  works  and  anti - sea  erosion  works  which  was continued.

A total of 522 projects costing Rs.13238.36 crore were approved and included under FMP. During XI Plan, 420 projects with an estimated cost of Rs.7857.08 crore were app while during XII Plan, 102 projects with an estimated cost of Rs.5381.28 crore were ap Since start of XI Plan, total Central Assistance released to States under FMP up till March, 201 is Rs.5435.74 crore.

Flood  Management  Programme  (FMP)  and  River  Management  Activities  &  Works related  to  Border  Areas  (RMBA)  schemes  continuing  during  XII  Five  Year  Plan,  have  b n merged into single scheme "Flood Management and Border Areas Programme" (FMBAP) for the three year period from 2017 - 18 to 2019 - 20.

Flood forecasting and warning system has been planned as a non -structural measure, as advance knowledge of incoming floods plays an important role in reducing flood damage as a better planning of rescue/ relief operations. The inflow forecast helps in optimum reg reservoirs.  Central  Water  Commission  at  present  is  issuing  flood  forecast  for  24 d forecasting stations, of which 174 are level forecasting and 75 are inflow forecasting major dams/barrages. It covers all major river systems in the country covering 22 State Union Territory -Daman & Diu and the National Capital Terri tory of Delhi.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  1667  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  20.12.2018  REGARDING  'FLOOD PRONE AREAS'

State- wise Maximum Area Affected by Floods in any year during 1953-2010

| S. No.   | State                | Max. Area affected (million   |
|----------|----------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh       | ( mha) 9.040                  |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh    | 0.207                         |
| 3        | Assam                | 3.820                         |
| 4        | Bihar                | 4.986                         |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh         | 0.089                         |
| 6        | Delhi                | 0.458                         |
| 7        | Goa                  | 0.000                         |
| 8        | Gujarat              | 2.050                         |
| 9        | Haryana              | 1.000                         |
| 10       | HimachalPradesh      | 2.870                         |
| 11       | Jammu & Kashmir      | 0.514                         |
| 12       | Jharkhand            | 0.000                         |
| 13       | Karnataka            | 0.900                         |
| 14       | Kerala               | 1.470                         |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh       | 0.377                         |
| 16       | Maharashtra          | 0.391                         |
| 17       | Manipur              | 0.080                         |
| 18       | Meghalaya            | 0.095                         |
| 19       | Mizoram              | 0.541                         |
| 20       | Nagaland             | 0.009                         |
| 21       | Orissa               | 1.400                         |
| 22       | Punjab               | 2.790                         |
| 23       | Rajasthan            | 3.260                         |
| 24       | Sikkim               | 1.170                         |
| 25       | Tamil Nadu           | 1.466                         |
| 26       | Tripura              | 0.330                         |
| 27       | U.P.                 | 7.340                         |
| 28       | Uttarakhand          | 0.002                         |
| 29       | West Bengal          | 3.080                         |
| 30       | Andaman&Nicobar      | 0.030                         |
| 31       | Chandigarh           | -                             |
| 32       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | -                             |
| 33       | Daman & Diu          | -                             |
| 34       | Lakshadweep          | -                             |
| 35       | Puducherry           | 0.050                         |
| Total    | Total                | 49.815                        |

## ANNEXURE - II

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1667 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 20.12.2018 REGARDING 'FLOOD PRONE AREAS'

Name of the Districts identified as flood - prone in the country by the Committee headed by Chairman, GFCC, Patna

|   S.No. | Name of District   |   Percentage area flooded | State/UT      |
|---------|--------------------|---------------------------|---------------|
|       1 | Dhubri             |                     51.47 | Assam         |
|       2 | Sheohar            |                     45.4  | Bihar         |
|       3 | Sitamarhi          |                     39.63 | Bihar         |
|       4 | Darbhanga          |                     38.69 | Bihar         |
|       5 | Jajpur             |                     37.32 | Orissa        |
|       6 | Gopalganj          |                     36.49 | Bihar         |
|       7 | Saharsha           |                     35.38 | Bihar         |
|       8 | Lakhimpur          |                     35.04 | Assam         |
|       9 | Jagatsinghpur      |                     31.7  | Orissa        |
|      10 | Muzaffarpur        |                     30.61 | Bihar         |
|      11 | Kendrapara         |                     28.86 | Orissa        |
|      12 | Morigaon           |                     27.69 | Assam         |
|      13 | Dhemaji            |                     26.77 | Assam         |
|      14 | Barpeta            |                     25.04 | Assam         |
|      15 | Bhadrak            |                     23.83 | Orissa        |
|      16 | Jorhat             |                     23.76 | Assam         |
|      17 | Supaul             |                     22.61 | Bihar         |
|      18 | Puri               |                     22.01 | Orissa        |
|      19 | Mirzapur           |                     20.77 | Uttar Pradesh |
|      20 | Sidharthnagar      |                     20.72 | Uttar Pradesh |
|      21 | Madhubani          |                     20.53 | Bihar         |
|      22 | Murshidabad        |                     19.92 | West Bengal   |
|      23 | Katihar            |                     19.88 | Bihar         |
|      24 | Gorakhpur          |                     19.71 | Uttar Pradesh |
|      25 | Samastipur         |                     19.66 | Bihar         |
|      26 | Cuttak             |                     19.55 | Orissa        |
|      27 | Basti              |                     17.97 | Uttar Pradesh |
|      28 | Bhagalpur          |                     17.77 | Bihar         |
|      29 | Goalpara           |                     17.71 | Assam         |
|      30 | Nadia              |                     17.6  | West Bengal   |
|      31 | Vaishali           |                     17.53 | Bihar         |
|      32 | Sibsagar           |                     17.22 | Assam         |
|      33 | EastChamparan      |                     16.94 | Bihar         |
|      34 | Farukhbad          |                     16.5  | Uttar Pradesh |
|      35 | Purnea             |                     15.69 | Bihar         |
|      36 | Bairbum            |                     15.55 | West Bengal   |
|      37 | Araria             |                     15.51 | Bihar         |
|      38 | Ballia             |                     15.23 | Uttar Pradesh |
|      39 | Nalbari            |                     15.13 | Assam         |