Lok Sabha Question No. 3241 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-12
Subject: Technologies to Control Flood
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Alok Kumar Suman

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3241 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12/7/2019

## TECHNOLOGIES TO CONTROL FLOOD

## 3241. DR. ALOK KUMAR SUMAN:

Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY वान और ौयोगक मंी

be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has taken any measures to promote research and development to control the flood in flood affected areas in the State of Bihar;

## (b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c) the steps taken/proposed to be taken to promote the technologies for flood control specially in Gopalganj district of Bihar and the outcome thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE; MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; AND MINISTER OF EARTH SCIENCES (DR. HARSH VARDHAN) वाय और परवार कयाण मंी ; वान और ौयोगक मंी ; और पृ वी वान मंी

डॉ. हष वधन

(a) & (b): No Sir, Government has not taken any direct measure to promote Research and Development (R&D) to control the flood in flood affected areas in the State of Bihar. However, Govt. of India through its autonomous body Central Water Commission (CWC) is providing operational flood forecast for helping the administration to provide flood fighting measures to the affected population. Presently, CWC is operating 43 Flood Forecasting stations in Bihar out of which 40 are level forecast stations to villages/towns along the bank of the river and 3 inflow forecast stations for dams/reservoirs.

Further,  as  per  constitutional  provisions,  the  subject  of  Flood  Management  including  erosion  control falls within the purview of the States. The flood management & anti-erosion schemes are planned, investigated and  implemented  by  the  State  Governments  with  own  resources  as  per  priority  within  the  State.  The  Union Government only renders assistance to States which is technical, advisory, catalytic and promotional in nature. Government of India launched a Flood Management Programme for providing central assistance to the State Governments  to implement works related to river management,  flood control, anti-erosion, drainage development,  flood  proofing  works,  restoration  of  damaged  flood  management  works  and  anti-sea  erosion works.

In  Addition  to  the  above,  Government  of  India  has  taken  the  measure  to  promote  Research  and Development (R&D) to predict & forecast the flood in flood affected area in the State of Bihar in collaboration of Govt.  of  Bihar  to  establish  Mathematical  Modeling  Centre  (MMC)  in  Patna  and  Physical  Modeling  Centre (PMC) at Birpur, Supaul with the knowledge transfer from the National Remote Sensing Centre, Hyderabad. Through Mathematical Modeling Centre, modeling of Kosi, Mahananda, Bagmati Adhwara and Gandak river to be done by using latest software of Hydraulic Engineering like Mike 11, Mike 21C, Mike Flood, HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS and Tuflow to provide flood forecasting of the above mentioned river basins for a lead period of 72 hrs.

(c) The following measures have been taken by the Government to strengthen flood prediction as a measure of flood control:

- -National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), Hyderabad has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Water Resources Department, Government of Bihar through which Remote Sensing Data in the form of satellite  imageries  are  made  available  to  predict  the  behavior  of  different  river  basins.  Water  Resources Department, Government of Bihar has also procured LiDAR data to predict the Inundation areas in different river basins. It has also started Real Time Data Acquisition System (RTDAS) to know the real scenario of rainfall for flood forecasting and early warning.
- -The above forecasting technologies are available for the use of Water Resource Department, Govt. of Bihar for prediction and forecasting of flood specifically in the State of Bihar including Gopalganj District.
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