Lok Sabha Question No. 543 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-13
Subject: Flood Forecasting Stations
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: RAMACHANDRAN MULLAPPALLY

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

## LOK SABHA

## UN STARRED QUESTION NO. 543

ANSWERED ON 13.12 .201 8

## FLOOD FORECASTING ST ATIONS

| 543.                                                                                                                                                              | SHRI MULLAPPALLY RAMACHANDRAN                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
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| Will the Minister of WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND REJUVENATION be pleased to state:                                                                     | GANGA                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| (a) the details of flood forecasting stations of Central Water Commission                                                                                         | (a) the details of flood forecasting stations of Central Water Commission                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| State - wise; (b) whether the Government has received any proposal from various States for                                                                        | State - wise; (b) whether the Government has received any proposal from various States for                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| stations; (c) if so, the details thereof and the decision taken thereon;                                                                                          | stations; (c) if so, the details thereof and the decision taken thereon;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| (d) whether the Government proposes to set up a flood forecasting station Co mmission in Kerala; and (e) if so, the details thereof? ANSWER                       | (d) whether the Government proposes to set up a flood forecasting station Co mmission in Kerala; and (e) if so, the details thereof? ANSWER                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| MINISTER OF STATE FOR WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND                                                                                                      | MINISTER OF STATE FOR WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| THE GANGA REJUVENATION & PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS ( SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHW AL )                                                                                        | THE GANGA REJUVENATION & PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS ( SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHW AL )                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| (a)State - wise details of Flood Forecasting Stations are attached (Annexure I) . (b) & (c)Yes Madam. Central Water Commission (CWC) has r eceived proposals from | States for establishment of flood forecasting stations from time to time. CWC forecasting activities on the basis of requests received from various State Governments and taking into account vulnerability of a particular location to flo ods. All the flood forecasting operationalized so far have been set up on the basis of requests received from State G overnments. |
| 1. Setting up of model to provide flood                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| forecast;                                                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 2. Feasibility of                                                                                                                                                 | establishing flood forecasting                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
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|                                                                                                                                                                   | related to floods in Kerala, which inter -alia include:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| (d)                                                                                                                                                               | &                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|                                                                                                                                                                   | (e) Yes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
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| After floods in Kerala in 2018, a Committee has been formed                                                                                                       | After floods in Kerala in 2018, a Committee has been formed                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Madam.                                                                                                                                                            | Madam.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |

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Annexure referredto in reply to part (a) of Unstarred Question No. 54 3 to be answered in Lok Sabha o n 13.12.2018 regarding 'Flood Forecasting Stations'.

| Table- 1: State - wise Flood Forecasting Stations   | Table- 1: State - wise Flood Forecasting Stations   | Table- 1: State - wise Flood Forecasting Stations   | Table- 1: State - wise Flood Forecasting Stations   | Table- 1: State - wise Flood Forecasting Stations   |
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| Sl. No.                                             | Name of State/UT                                    | Number of flood forecasting Stations                | 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                                                   | Chhattisgarh                                        | 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                                                 |